The Gathering Stars Tower

　　    The Gathering Stars Tower, also known as the Kuixing Tower or Wenchang Pavilion, is locally referred to as the Wen Tower. It is located to the north of Zhangxiang Wai in Ping Shan, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, and was originally a feng shui tower in the residential area of the Tang Clan, one of the Five Great Clans of the New Territories' indigenous inhabitants. According to the genealogy of the Ping Shan Tang Clan, the tower was built by Tang Yin-tung, the seventh-generation ancestor of the Ping Shan Tangs and former magistrate of Ningguo Prefecture. With a history of over 600 years, it is the only ancient tower still standing in Hong Kong, possessing significant historical value. It is also one of the key historic sites along the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. The Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda was declared a monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance on December 14, 2001.

　　    The original tower had seven stories, but the upper four levels were destroyed in a typhoon due to wind and rain erosion, leaving only the current three. The tower is hexagonal in shape and built on a low platform, primarily constructed from blue bricks and granite. The three-story Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda stands about 13 meters tall, with the top floor enshrining the Kuixing deity, who governs literary fortune and success in examinations. Each level of the tower features auspicious inscriptions. From the top down, they read “Ling Han” (Soaring Above the Milky Way), “Tsui Sing Lau” (Pagoda of Gathering Stars), and “Guang She Dou Yuan” (Light Shooting Through the Constellation Wall). The tower is open to the public from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm daily, and is closed on Tuesdays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, and the first three days of the Lunar New Year.

　　    Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda Must-visit reason: The only ancient tower still standing in Hong Kong