Sheung Tsuen

Sheung Tsuen (Chinese: 上村) is a village in the Pat Heung area of Yuen Long located along Route Twisk and Kam Sheung Road in the New Territories, Hong Kong.

Houses in the Sheung Tsuen area.
Chik Kwai Study Hall.
Pat Heung Temple in Sheung Tsuen.

Administration

Sheung Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]

Features

Chik Kwai Study Hall, a typical traditional Chinese academy and monument, is located in Sheung Tsuen.[2] It is a declared monument.

Shek Tau Wai (石頭圍), a multiple clan village founded several hundred years ago, which appears on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri,[3] is now located on the territory of Sheung Tsuen.

See also

References

  1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. "Declared Monuments in Hong Kong - New Territories". Antiquities and Monuments Office.
  3. Hill, Ronald D. (1985). "Fragments and speculations: the walled villages of Hong Kong". Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society. Hong Kong Archaeological Society. 11: 25-38. OCLC 02465191.

Further reading

22.4290°N 114.1056°E / 22.4290; 114.1056


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