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錦田樹屋

Original Chinese synopsis: 相傳因清朝遷海令,元朗錦田一間廢棄小屋被榕樹根纏繞,成為樹屋。

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Original transcript

0:02錦田北圍村水尾有個好出名嘅樹屋,係一個古蹟嚟嘅,好多人去睇。

0:09嗰個樹屋嘅來源,有人話原本係間屋嚟嘅。

0:16呢間屋嗰家人,因為清政府要當年嗰啲人搬返大陸,就丟空間屋。

0:25噉呢間屋之後就有好多榕樹喺旁邊生出嚟,冇人理。

0:30於是榕樹嗰啲根一路生、一路包住間屋,全部包住,一路生上去,生到上頂。

0:40就變咗下邊啲樹根包住間屋,啲葉好濃, 就係噉形成囉個樹屋。

0:49但係又有人話,呢個樹屋以前係天后廟嚟嘅。

0:53天后廟冧吼冇人理 ,啲樹喺度生生生生,跟住包住間天后廟;

1:03都係傳說啦,都唔知嘅。

1:05跟住又有人話係嗰個書齋嚟嘅,都係傳說啦。

1:09就係同一原理,扑扑齋冧吼冇人理,

1:13啲樹包住佢生,生到上去,變咗樹屋噉囉。

1:17呢個就係個歷史喇。

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Story ID
w0002
Language
Waitau
Theme
Local history
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Lau, Chaak-Ming, and Yee Kai Gary Tang (2024). “錦田樹屋.” Waitau and Hakka: Hong Kong Indigenous Language Story Collection. https://chaaklau.github.io/hki-stories/en/stories/w0002/

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