望厦村本是中国的一个传统行政村落，约自万历年间成村，清朝隶属广州府香山县长安乡下恭常都。在明清两朝政府官方势力的渗透下，望厦村形成了传统的乡村文化，体现在实行保甲里长制度、绅士制度的乡村政治制度，孕育了莲峰庙、普济禅院、观音古庙、康真君庙和城隍庙各路神仙共处的独特中国宗教文化。望厦村在19世纪被外力强行拉入城市化轨道过程中，传统的乡村文化出现极度的不适应，于是不断有绅士耆老领头进行抗争。但望厦村也在城市化的过程中获得了重生，成为乡村城市化的一个独特案例。
Mong-Há Village is one of the traditional administrative villages in China,established during the years of the Wanli Emperor during the Ming Dynasty.In the Qing Dynasty,it was under the administration of Xiagongchangdu of Xiangshan County of the Guangzhou government.Due to the penetration of the official forces of the governments of the Ming and Qing dynasties,Mong-Há Village had formed a rich rural culture,reflected in the implementation of rural political systems such as the Baojia-Lizhang system and gentry system.At the same time,Mong-Há Village also gave birth to a unique village temple culture,for example,Lin Fong Temple,Kun Iam Temple,Kun Iam Ancient Temple,Hong Chan Kuan Temple and City God Temple staying in a room.In the nineteenth century,external forces pressured Mong-Há Village into beginning the process of urbanization.Members of the gentry and senior villagers fearing the loss of their traditional rural culture organized groups of Mong-Há residents to fight for their culture.However,the urbanization of Mong-Há Village also is a unique historical case of rural urbanization in China.
