如何從東門去荔枝窩故事館
How to go to Lai Chi Wo Storyroom from the Eastgate
荔枝窩是新界東北地區歷史最悠久、最具規模及保存最完好的客家圍村之一，至少已有300多年歷史。數百年來，村莊四周的自然環境得到良好保護，因而環境優美，生態環境類型豐富，而且生物多樣性極高。荔枝窩也是沙頭角慶春約七村聯盟的中心，是昔日教育、經濟與傳統慶賀活動的基地， 由此可通往鄰近六條鄉村，包括鎖羅盆、梅子林、蛤塘、小灘、牛屎湖和三椏村。
荔枝窩圍村，坐西向東；正門為「東門」，村民平常主要進出口，訪客來賓所用之門。 門上的對聯：「東來紫氣、西接祥光」，及匾額：「紫氣東來」，正是每早旭日從面前升，坐向自然之景。

Lai Chi Wo Village is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Hakka walled villages in the northeast New Territories over 300-year-old. For centuries, the natural environs of Lai Chi Wo have been well looked after. It is a scenic area with a diverse ecological environment and rich biodiversity.
In the past, Lai Chi Wo was the centre of Hing Chun Yeuk, an alliance of seven villages in Sha Tau Kok, as well as an education and economic hub. People could travel from Lai Chi Wo to the other six Hing Chun Yeuk villages: So Lo Pun, Mui Tsz Lam, Kap Tong, Siu Tan, Ngau Shi Wu and Sam A.
Lai Chi Wo Wai Village faces east from west; the main entrance is called "East Gate", which is the main entrance for villagers and visitors. The couplet on the door is praising that the sun is rising from the east front door every morning, blessing the villagers a brand new day.
> People could travel from Lai Chi Wo Village to the other six Hing Chun Yeuk villages: So Lo Pun, Mui Tsz Lam, Kap Tong, Siu Tan, Ngau Shi Wu and Sam A.

由華懋集團贊助，獅子會自然教育基金與荔枝窩村培成堂支持設立的荔枝窩故事館是沙頭角慶春約七村與香港地質公園繼小瀛故事館後的第二項合作成果。
故事館設於荔枝窩村內， 以慶春約七村村民的口述歷史及慷慨捐贈的文物為基礎，通過慶春約生活文化、傳統醫術及草藥、傳統婚嫁和客家歌唱等四個主題， 帶領遊客體會慶春約的傳統客家文化，以及昔日村民簡樸多采的生活。

Sponsored by the Chinachem Group and supported by the Lions Nature Education Foundation and the Lai Chi Wo Pui Shing Tong, the Lai Chi Wo Story Room is the second successful joint effort among the seven Hing Chun Alliance villages of Sha Tau Kok and Hong Kong Geopark, after the Siu Ying Story Room.
Situated in Lai Chi Wo village, the story room was developed from the oral history narrated by locals of the seven Hing Chun Alliance villages and their donated heritage relics.

荔枝窩後的風水林矗立百年樟樹，守護村民，吸納北風，冬暖夏涼。 當在發生山泥傾瀉時保護村落，阻擋自山坡沖下的土石流。 茂密的闊葉樹林又展現隔火功能，減緩山火的蔓延。森林更能涵養地下水，提供生生不息的飲用水和灌溉水源。

The Fengshui forest on the north size of the Lai Chi Wo Vilage stands with a hundred-year-old maple tree, guarding the villagers from the cold winter wind and shading the village cool in summer. The forest also protects the village from landslides and wildfires, and faciliates groundwater for drinking water and irrigation springs.

荔枝窩客家生活體驗村民宿保持傳統風味，村屋門面一致以原有青磚疊砌，一打開木門，古色古香的內部裝潢保留了左廁右廚右樓梯的佈局，

Lai Chi Wo Hakka Life Experience Village B&B maintains its traditional style. The facades of the village house are built with the original Chinese bricks with wooden doors. The antique interior decoration retains the typical Hakka house layout of the left toilet, right kitchen and right stairs.

白花魚藤陣是香港唯一獨有的魚藤林，舊時農民以魚藤當作農藥，用以驅除害蟲。
白花魚藤陣位於荔枝窩自然步道之上，部分路段已鋪設木製棧道，方便遊人觀賞。白花魚藤的粗度可以生長至跟大人腰圍相約，穿插在樟樹同銀葉樹之間，甚為奇特。

The Derris trifoliata Lour. forest in Lai Chi Wo is very unquie in Hong Kong. In the old days, farmers used the the Derris trifoliata Lour. as pesticide to repel pests.
Now Lai Chi Wo wooden trail is built for ease of viewing The Derris trifoliata Lour. forest.