Tsung Kyam Church, Christian church in Fanling, Hong Kong
Tsung Kyam Church is a two-story Christian building with Western ecclesiastical design situated along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail. The structure displays traditional architectural features typical of early religious buildings in the region.
Tsung Kyam Church was founded in 1926 by the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. In 1924 Pastor Ling Shanyuan, Peng Lesan, Zhang Hebin, Lin Boru and Chen Guicai proposed a new hall; a 2,500 sq ft plot in front of Tsung Kyam Village was bought in winter 1926 and the church opened at Easter 1927, consecrated by Pastor Ji Zhengang. In 1929 the church joined the self-governing Tsung Tsin Mission.
The church gave its name to Tsung Kyam Village, where congregants settled around the 1926 chapel. The churchyard behind the village, on Pine Hill, was approved in 1931 after Peng Lesan applied to the Tai Po District Office, making this the only church in the New Territories with its own cemetery. The village primary school, Tsung Him School, was founded by Peng Lesan and opened in 1925.
The church is private property and not open to the public, so visits are limited to viewing the exterior. It stands at the centre-front of Tsung Kyam Village in Lung Yeuk Tau, reachable from Fanling Station on the East Rail line or by green minibus 54K. The church cemetery lies on the pine hill behind the village.
The church is the only one in the New Territories with its own cemetery: in 1931 Peng Lesan applied to the Tai Po District Office for a 20,000-square-foot hillside plot behind the village, and the Legislative Council approved it. The cemetery lies on the pine-covered hill behind Tsung Kyam Tsuen.
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