Shan Tsui

Shan Tsui (Chinese: 山咀/山嘴) is a village in the Sha Tau Kok area of North District of Hong Kong.

Wong Tak Ching Ancestral Hall in Shan Tsui.

Administration

Shan Tsui is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shan Tsui is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.[2][3]

History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shan Tsui was 367. The number of males was 162.[4]

The three Hakka villages of Tam Shui Hang, Tong To and Shan Tsui had a total population of around 1,000 persons in 1961. During the Cultural Revolution, the villagers of these three places removed a Tin Hau image from a Man Mo temple located across the border in Mainland China and built a temple at the western end of Kong Ha Village to house the image. The temple was under the management of a special trust, the Sam Wo Tong (三和堂).[5]

References
  1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 77. ISSN 1991-7295.
  5. Hayes, James W. (1970). "A Casualty of the Cultural Revolution" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 10: 196–197. ISSN 1991-7295.
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