This teeny museum occupies two restored Hakka village houses once belonging to the Law family, all that remains of a two-centuries-old farming community now lost in a jungle of office buildings, warehouses and workers’ flats. The courtyard and bamboo groves are peaceful, and the simple display of furniture, household items and farming implements is charming.


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