Shap Pat Heung Rural Committe part 8 in August 2024

Shap Pat Heung is an area in the

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

of Hong Kong. Located south of

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang Wa ...

and northeast of Tai Tong, the area occupies the plain north of hills of Tai Lam. The

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

name 'Shap Pat Heung' means 'eighteen villages'

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 Secretary for Development, Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monum ...

. Historic Building Appraisal
Entrance 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 Yuen Long District (Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, formerly Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong, districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021. Geogra ...

. The area is famous for the celebration of Tin Hau Festival on the 23rd day of the 3rd month every year of

Chinese calendar The traditional Chinese calendar, dating back to the Han dynasty, is a lunisolar calendar that blends solar, lunar, and other cycles for social and agricultural purposes. While modern China primarily uses the Gregorian calendar for officia ...

Parade A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually some variety ...

and Fa Pao attracts many visitors and pilgrims from other villages and towns.

List of villages

# Tai Tong Tsuen () #

Shan Pui Tsuen Shan Pui Tsuen () is a village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Shan Pui Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purposes, Shan Pui Tsuen is located in the Sh ...

() # Tai Wai Tsuen () () (

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 ...

) # Ha Yau Tin Tsuen () # Sheung Yau Tin Tsuen () #

Tai Kiu Tsuen Tai Kiu Tsuen () is a Walled villages of Hong Kong, historic walled village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Tai Kiu Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purpos ...

() # 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 Sai Pin Wai (), sometimes transliterated as Sai 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 Sai Pin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territori ...

() (

) # Tung Tau Tsuen () () (

) # Nam Pin Wai () (

) # Nam Hang Tsuen () #

Ying Lung Wai Ying Lung Wai () is a Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Administration Ying Lung Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Ying ...

() () (

) # Hung Tso Tin Tsuen () # Ma Tin Tsuen () # Sham Chung Tsuen () # Wong Uk Tsuen () () (

) # Wong Nai Tun Tsuen () # Kong Tau Tsuen () # Tong Tau Po Tsuen () # Yeung Uk Tsuen () # Tsoi Uk Tsuen or Choi Uk Tsuen () () (

) #

Tai Kei Leng Tai Kei Leng () is a village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong. Features Several buildings in the village have been listed as Heritage conservation in Hong Kong, Grade III historic buildings: they are the houses at Nos. 26, 27, 45 ...

() # Shan Pui Chung Hau Tsuen () # Shung Ching San Tsuen () # Lung Tin Tsuen ()

Education

Shap Pat Heung 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).

References

Yuen Long District Places in Hong Kong {{YuenLong-geo-stub