熱愛行山、攝影及城市探索的Pauline，在印洲塘海岸公園的荔枝窩，觀賞稀有的白花魚藤。這是一種巨型的藤本，粗壯如巨蟒般扭曲盤旋纏繞，依仗着毗鄰的樹幹，甚至打成個大藤環，展示其生命力，令人驚嘆。
荔枝窩村是香港保存最完好的傳統客家村莊落，建於1670年以前，具有悠久的耕作歷史。部分村屋荒棄，但經修復的協天宮、鶴山寺和正門風水牆，重現了一些特色和昔日的活力。
荔枝窩因盛產荔枝而得名，16世紀時已有黃氏及曾氏村民定居，為香港少有的雙姓村落。村落保留九條橫巷和三條直巷的傳統布局。
荔枝窩鄉郊文化景觀早前更榮獲「聯合國教科文組織亞太區文化遺產保護獎」授予2020年首設的「可持續發展特別貢獻獎」。
Pauline, who loves hiking, photography and urban exploration, adores the rare White-flowered Derris at Lai Chi Wo in Yan Chau Tong Marine Park. The Derris is a giant vine, thick like a giant python, twisting and winding around, clinging onto the adjacent tree trunks. It sometimes forms a large vine ring, showing its vitality. It looks amazing.
Lai Chi Wo is one of the best-preserved traditional Hakka villages in Hong Kong. It was built before 1670 and has a long history of farming. Some village houses are abandoned, but the restored Hip Tin Temple, Hok Shan Temple and fung-shui walls at the main entrance have re-instated some characteristics and vitality of the past.
Lai Chi Wo is named after its rich lychee harvest. In the 16th century, the Wong and Cheng clan had settled here, and it is a rare 2-clan village in Hong Kong. The village retains the traditional layout of 9 horizontal alleys and 3 vertical alleys.
The innovative revitalization of the Lai Cho Wo’s rural cultural landscape was awarded the newly introduced Special Recognition for Sustainable Development by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2020.
