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Brief history of Yip Clan in Lin Ma Hang
‘Yip’ had not been a surname in ancient China. The Yip’s first patriarch was Shum Chu-Leung (Xen Zu-Liang) 沈諸梁. He was the Duke of the state of Chor (楚國) (Today’s Ye Xien, Henan Province 古荊州南陽郡今河南葉縣) and was bestowed the Yip or Ye County for abode and subsistence of his children and children’s children. Patriarch Chu-Leung later adopted the County’s name Yip (葉) as the surname. He was then also known as Yip Kung Chiu (葉公超) in Chinese history. Shum Chu-Leung lived in about the same time of Confucius (孔子), i.e. 500 B.C. or end of Zhou Dynasty (周朝), and the early period of Chun Chau- (or Chun Qiu) Warring States春秋戰國時代. Confucius did travel to Chor and discussed with Patriarch Chu-Leung on politics and philosophy.

The 85th generation grandson of Patriarch Shun Chu-leung (沈諸梁公), Patriarch Tai King (大經公) moved and set base in Mui Chau of Guangdong (廣東梅州) during the Song or Sung Dynasty (宋朝). Patriarch Mui-Sat (梅實公), the 93rd generation grandson of Patriarch Shum Chu Leung, 9th generation grandson of Patriarch Tai King, then moved and settled in Law Kai, Luk Fung County, Guangdong (now Luk Ho County) 廣東陸豐縣螺溪鄉（今陸河縣螺溪鄉 Luo Qi）during the Min Dynasty 明朝.

Patriarch Sze Fat (思發公) was the founding patriarch of Lin Ma Hang (蓮麻坑). He was the 103rd generation grandson of Patriarch Chu-Leung, the nineteenth generation grandson of Patriarch Tai King (大經公) and the eleventh generation grandson of Patriarch Mui Sat (梅實公). Sze Fat was married to Yau (邱氏) with two sons Tat Bor (達波) and Tat Bun (達濱). He also had two concubines Tsang (曾氏) and Lau (劉氏).

The elder son Tat Bor settled in Lin Ma Hang at an age of twenty nine. Lin Ma Hang was then a village of Po On County (寶安縣). It became part of the British managed colony of Hong Kong in 1898. Tat Bun joined his brother in the village in around 1710. The two brothers then stayed in the village along with the Koon (官), Tsang (曾), Sin (冼), Lau (劉) and Cheung (張). The first patriarch of the Yips in Lin Ma Hang Sze Fat (思發公) however had never lived in the Village. Instead his two sons Tat Bor (達波) and Tat Bun (達濱) were the bona fide patriarchs of the Yips in the Village.

Tat Bor (達波) was married to Yeung (楊氏) and they had five sons Ting Sai (廷璽), Ting Sheung (廷相), Ting Hin (廷顯), Ting Yeung (廷颺) and Ting Ying (廷英). It was believed that Ting Sai and Ting Sheung left the village between 1750 and 1800 (exact year unknown) and settled in Po Kat Village, Po On, Shenzhen being renamed Po Kat Village, Lung Kong, Shenzhen now (深圳寶安縣布吉圍，今深圳市龍崗區布吉圍). They built their joint ancestral hall there later. The other three sons remained in the village.

Tat Bun (達濱) was married to Lee (李氏) and then Yueng (楊氏) and had two sons Ting Chui (廷聚) and Ting But (廷拔). Ting Chui (廷聚) remained in the village while the whereabouts of Ting But (廷拔) and his descendants cannot be traced. The Yips staying in the village now and most emigrated to the UK are descendants of the four patriarchs Ting Hin (廷顯), Ting Yeung (廷颺), Ting Ying (廷英) and Ting Chui (廷聚). They founded the Association of Four Patriarchs (四於堂) to look after their joint properties which included the Yip’s Ancestral Hall （葉氏宗祠）, King Sau School (敬修家塾), etc. Except Ting Chui, the other three patriarchs had their own palanquins to carry brides back to the village. Two of the palaquims had been donated to the New Territories Cultural Museum in Sha Tin. They also founded other associations, Tso (祖) or Tong (堂) with the other clans, such as Red Lotus Tso (紅蓮祖), Guardians of Land Association (土地會), Lantern Association (燈花會) and Kwan Tai Association (關帝會) to look after specific matters that were common to everybody in the village.

Since the Yips had inhabited in the village, their clan members multiplied and quickly outweighed the other clans who gradually moved out the village and resettled in other places. According to a census conducted by the Hong Kong Government in 1899, there were about 450 residents in the village. The most populated period was around 1960 when there were more than 200 households with more than 1000 residents in the village. However, the majority belonged to the Yips with only 5 households belonging to the Koon, Sin and Lau. The Tsang (曾) and Cheung (張) had left the village completely for a long time that even no senior residents had known any of the Cheung or Tsang in the village. They sold their land and houses to those remaining in the village. Many of the Yips, Koons, Sins and Laus are still keeping registration documents in the names of the Cheungs as it was not common to re-register at the Lands Office after an acquisition in the old days.

Residents had long relied on primitive farming, mainly growing paddy rice to earn their living. As the population grew with limited cultivated land they strived hard for life in the village. The then Hong Kong industry was still very primitive, giving them little chance either. In late 1950 residents started to migrate to the UK. Until 1970 only male residents went to work in the UK, hoping that they would return to the village when they had accumulated enough wealth. The influx of residents’ spouses and minors to the UK began in early 1970, reaching the highest in late 1970. Few others also emigrated and worked in the Netherlands. Overseas villagers had evolved into the third generation already and have an estimated population of 2000 people now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.132.175.50 (talk) 07:14, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

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