Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Legend tells that early settlers from Canton province brought an image of Pak Tai with
them to Cheung Chau and, when the statue was carried through the village, Cheung Chau
was spared the plague that had decimated the populations of nearby islands. A temple dedic-
ated to the saviour was built six years later.
VILLAGE
CHEUNG CHAU VILLAGE
The island's main settlement lies along the narrow strip of land connecting the headlands to
the north and the south. The waterfront is a bustling place and the maze of streets and alley-
ways that make up the village are filled with old Chinese-style houses and tumbledown
shops selling everything from plastic buckets to hell money and other combustible grave of-
ferings. The streets close to the waterfront are pungent with the smell of incense and fish
hung out to dry in the sun.
