It was dismantled in 1991 and rebuilt in 1994 at its present location. The entire temple was built of granite quarried on the island.
A Tin Hau Temple had been built in 1823 at the north east of the island. The original farming and fishing villages on the island were relocated to Chek Lap Kok New Village ( 赤鱲角新村) near Tung Chung on Lantau Island. A salvage archaeology project started in October 1990.
Īrcheological surveys and investigations were conducted on the island starting in the late 1970s. The population later declined, with some 20 families remaining on the island when the plan for the construction of a new airport was announced in the early 1990s. They numbered about 200 in the 1950s, rising sharply in the 1960s. ĭuring the 19th and 20th centuries, the inhabitants of the island practised farming, including rice cultivation, and quarrying. The island has been inhabited on and off since the Middle Neolithic period 6,000 years ago. It is the site of the Ancient Kiln Park and the Airport Island Angle Station of the Ngong Ping 360 cable car. This area is facing Tung Chung and is now named Scenic Hill. The southern end of the island formed a small peninsula, which has been left largely undeveloped.
Before the building of the airport platform, it was a small and hilly island, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long, with an area of 3.02 square kilometres (1.17 sq mi) (other sources mention 2.8 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi)). The island is located north of Lantau Island off Ma Wan Chung and Tung Chung. The name of the island may be derived from the bareness of the island ('da chek lak'), that the shape of the island resembles the red tripletail Perch ('chek lap', 赤鱲), or that the fish was once abundant in its vicinity.
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