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Shap Pat Heung
Shap Pat Heung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Located south of Yuen Long and northeast of Tai Tong, the area occupies the plain north of hills of Tai Lam. The Cantonese name 'Shap Pat Heung' means 'eighteen villages'Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalEntrance Gate, No. 7 Tin Liu Tsuen/ref> at its beginning. It was later expanded to thirty villages. Administratively, it is part of the Yuen Long District. The area is famous for the celebration of Tin Hau Festival on the 23rd day of the 3rd month every year of Chinese calendar. Parade and Fa Pao attracts many visitors and pilgrims from other villages and towns. List of villages # Tai Tong Tsuen () # Shan Pui Tsuen () # Tai Wai Tsuen () () (Yuen Long Kau Hui) # Ha Yau Tin Tsuen () # Sheung Yau Tin Tsuen () # Tai Kiu Tsuen () # Muk Kiu Tau Tsuen () # Shui Tsiu Lo Wai () # Shui Tsiu San Tsuen () # Nga Yiu Tau Tsuen () # Pak Sha Tsuen () # Tin Liu Tsuen () # Sai Pin Wai () (Yuen Long Kau H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuen Long Kau Hui
Yuen Long Kau Hui is an area in Yuen Long, Yuen Long District, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. Geography Yuen Long Kau Hui is located in the north-east of the present Yuen Long Town. It is sited south of a small hill and directly north of Yuen Long MTR station. It comprises several villages, which are part of the Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee. From West to East: * Sai Pin Wai or Sai Bin Wai (), a walled village * Nam Pin Wai or Nam Bin Wai (), a walled village * Tung Tau Tsuen () * Tsoi Uk Tsuen or Choi Uk Tsuen () * Ying Lung Wai (), a walled village * Tai Wai Tsuen (), a walled village * Wong Uk Tsuen () And also: * Shan Pui Tsuen (), located north of the hill. A small boat near the village entrance serves as a ferry across the Shan Pui River towards Nam Sang Wai in the north. * Tai Kiu Tsuen (), located west of the main group of villages and across the river, directly south of Long Ping MTR station. History Market The original Yuen Long Town was not lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Hang Tsuen
Nam Hang Tsuen () is a village in the Shap Pat Heung area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. The village of Nam Hang Pai () is located directly to its west. Administration Nam Hang Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Nam Hang was 104. The number of males was 44. Education Nam Hang is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學). See also * Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail References External links Delineation of area of existing village Nam Hang (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)* Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Pin Wai (Yuen Long)
Nam Pin Wai (), sometimes transliterated as Nam Bin Wai, is a Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Nam Pin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Nam Pin Wai and nearby Sai Pin Wai were set up by members of the Tang Clan of Kam Tin. The Tang later considered that the two villages were of bad ''feng shui'' and moved to nearby Ying Lung Wai.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalNos. 92 & 93 Sai Pin Wai/ref> At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Nam Pin Wai was 519. The number of males was 223. Nam Pin Wai is part of the Tung Tau alliance ()Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalYi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen/ref> or "Joint Meeting Group of Seven Villages", together with Tung Tau Tsuen (Yuen Long Kau Hui), Tung Tau Tsuen, Choi Uk Tsuen, Ying Lung Wai, Shan Pui Tsuen, Wong Uk Tsuen (Yuen Long District), Wong U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tung Tau Tsuen (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
Tung Tau Tsuen () is a village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Tung Tau Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Tung Tau Tsuen is so called because it is located in the east of the old Yuen Long Kau Hui market. It was established in the 17th century by the members of several clans, the Chans () being the major one, and others being the Loks () and the Lis () from Dongguan. The village was originally called Chan Lok Li Tsuen (). Tung Tau Tsuen is part of the Tung Tau alliance ()Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalYi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen/ref> or "Joint Meeting Group of Seven Villages", together with Nam Pin Wai, Choi Uk Tsuen, Ying Lung Wai, Shan Pui Tsuen, Wong Uk Tsuen and Tai Wai Tsuen. The Yi Shing Temple in Wong Uk Tsuen is an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance. Ss. Peter and Paul Church, located at No. 201 Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long, near Shui P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Pin Wai
Sai Pin Wai (), sometimes transliterated as Sai Bin Wai, is a walled village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Sai Pin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purposes, Sai Pin Wai is located in the Shap Pat Heung North constituency of the Yuen Long District Council. It is currently represented by Shum Ho-kit, who was elected in the 2019 elections. History The village was set up by the Tang Clan of Kam Tin probably in the 17th century. The Tang later considered that Sai Pin Wai and the nearby Nam Pin Wai, that they had also set up, were of bad '' feng shui'' and moved to nearby Ying Lung Wai.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalNos. 92 & 93 Sai Pin Wai/ref> Sai Pin Wai later became a multi-clan village inhabited by many Punti families surnamed Ng (), Lau (), Fan (), Tang, Cheng (), Leung (), Wong () and Lam. The Lams settled in the village in 1626 coming from Xixiang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Liu Tsuen
Tin Liu Tsuen () is a Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalEntrance Gate, No. 7 Tin Liu Tsuen/ref> Administration Tin Liu Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History The village was historically a Punti village, settled by four clans surnamed Hu (surname), Wu (), Huang (surname), Wong (), Ye (surname), Yip () and Xue, Sit (). In the early 19th century, the village was part of the ''Shap Pat Heung'' (literally 'Eighteen Villages Alliance'). At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tin Liu was 105. The number of males was 48. Features The main shrine of Tin Liu Tsuen is Hung Shing Temple, dedicated to Tai Wong, the protective deity of the village. Rebuilt in 1935, it lies on the central axis of the village together with the Entrance Gate. The entrance gate was rebuilt in 1930. Both the Entrance gate and the main shrine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak Sha Tsuen
Pak Sha Tsuen () is a walled village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Pak Sha Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ... Small House Policy. History In May 2021, 100kg of cocaine was seized inside of the village. Features The Ng Fui Study Hall and the Villa of Tsan San in Pak Sha Tsuen are listed as Grade III historic buildings. Antiquities Advisory BoardList of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results/ref> Education Pak Sha Tsuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 73. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: South Yuen Long Government Primary School (南元朗官立 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nga Yiu Tau, Yuen Long District
Nga Yiu Tau () is a village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Nga Yiu Tau is a recognized village under the New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ... Small House Policy. History The village was originally called Lung Yin Tsuen (). It was changed to the present name during World War II when newcomers settled there. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalTung Fuk Tong, Nga Yiu Tau, Shap Pat Heung/ref> References External links Delineation of area of existing village Ngar Yiu Tau (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)* Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalTin Hau Temple, Nga Yiu Tau, Shap Pat Heung [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shui Tsiu San Tsuen
Shui Tsiu San Tsuen () is a village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Part of the village is a historic walled village. Administration Shui Tsiu San Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Shui Tsiu San Tsuen was a Hakka village inhabited by the Yeung () and the Wong () who worked for the Tang Clan as early as the mid-17th century. They were later joined by the Ching (), the Lam () and the Cheung (). Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalFuk Hing Tong (Shrine), No. 121 Shui Tsiu San Tsuen/ref> See also * Walled villages of Hong Kong * Shui Tsiu Lo Wai Shui Tsiu Lo Wai () is a village in the Shap Pat Heung area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong Administration Shui Tsiu Lo Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Education Shui Tsiu Lo Wai is divided between Prima ... References External links Delineation of area of existing village Shui Chiu San Tsuen (Shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shui Tsiu Lo Wai
Shui Tsiu Lo Wai () is a village in the Shap Pat Heung area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong Administration Shui Tsiu Lo Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Education Shui Tsiu Lo Wai is divided between Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 73 and POA School Net 74. Within POA 73 are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: South Yuen Long Government Primary School (南元朗官立小學). POA 74 has multiple aided schools and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學). See also * Shui Tsiu San Tsuen References External links Delineation of area of existing village Shui Chiu Lo Wai (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)about Shui Tsiu Lo Wai Villages in Yuen Long District, Hong Kong Shap Pat Heung {{HK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muk Kiu Tau Tsuen
Muk Kiu Tau Tsuen () is a walled village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Muk Kiu Tau Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ... Small House Policy. Education Muk Kiu Kau Tsuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 73. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: South Yuen Long Government Primary School (南元朗官立小學). See also * Walled villages of Hong Kong References External links Delineation of area of existing village Muk Kiu Tau (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Walled villages of Hong Kong Shap Pat Heung Villages in Yuen Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
