e/Walled villages of Hong Kong

Information
has gloss	eng: Most of the walled villages in Hong Kong are located in the New Territories.
lexicalization	eng: Walled villages of Hong Kong
subclass of	(noun) a community of people smaller than a town small town, settlement, village
has instance	e/Fanling Wai
has instance	e/Kat Hing Wai
has instance	e/Lo Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau
has instance	e/Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen
has instance	e/Sheung Shui Wai
has instance	e/Tsang Tai Uk
has instance	e/zh/上璋圍
has instance	e/zh/大圍村
has instance	e/zh/孟公屋
has instance	e/zh/新圍 (龍躍頭)
has instance	e/zh/東閣圍
has instance	e/zh/永寧圍
has instance	e/zh/沙江圍
has instance	e/zh/田心圍
has instance	e/zh/老圍 (荃灣)
has instance	e/zh/麻笏圍

Meaning
Chinese
has gloss	zho: 香港的圍村多設在新界。住在村落裏的多是一個家族。明朝時沿海寇患頻繁，居民為求自保，於房屋周圍建矮石牆，用以抗盜，當時粉嶺龍躍頭的老圍便是香港最早的圍村。清朝初年，厲行「遷海令」以絕接濟在台灣反清的鄭成功，沿海空虛而淪為寇穴，康熙八年（1669年）復界後，居民獲准遷回舊地，於重建家園時，在四周加建高牆，更有挖掘護河，安裝鐵閘門，藉以自保，此等築有高牆圍繞的村莊，是為今日香港新界地區的「圍村」。
lexicalization	zho: 香港圍村

Media
media:img	Fanling Wai 2005.jpg
media:img	Kat hing wai kamtin.png
media:img	SheungShuiWai.jpg
media:img	TaiWaiVillage MainEntrance Front 2007.JPG
media:img	Tsang Tai Uk 曾大屋 o.jpg
media:img	TsangTaiUk.jpg