Shek Po Tsuen

Shek Po Tsuen (Chinese: 石埔村) is a walled village in Hung Shui Kiu, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

Entrance gate of Shek Po Tsuen. The name of Shek Po Wai (石步圍) is on the gate.[1]
Shek Po Tsuen on the "Map of the San-On District" by Simeone Volonteri (1866).
View of Hung Shui Kiu with Shek Po Tsuen in the foreground (left).

Administration

Shek Po Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] It is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shek Po Tsuen is part of the Ping Shan Central constituency.[3]

History

Shek Po Tsuen was established in 1531, during the Ming dynasty.[1]

Shek Po Tsuen appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri.

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Po was 257. The number of males was 108.[4]

Features

The entrance gate of Shek Po Wai (石埔村) in Shek Po Tsuen is a Grade III historic building.[5]

See also

References
  1. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Entrance Gate, Shek Po Tsuen
  2. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  3. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 10 June 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: 78. ISSN 1991-7295.
  5. Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results
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