Ho Sheung Heung is an area in Sheung Shui, North District, Hong Kong.
Ho Sheung Heung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] For electoral purposes, Ho Sheung Heung is part of the Sheung Shui Rural constituency of the North District Council. It is currently represented by Simon Hau Fuk-tat, who was elected in the local elections.[2] [3]
The Hau Clan, one of the Five Great Clans of the New Territories, arrived in modern-day Hong Kong towards the end of the 12th century, during the Southern Song Dynasty. They first settled at Ho Sheung Heung. They later settled three branch-villages: Yin Kong, Kam Tsin and Ping Kong.[4]
There are four villages in Ho Sheung Heung, namely Nam Pin Wai, Pak Pin Wai, Chung Sum Tsuen and Chung Wai Tsuen (San Tsuen).[5]
Ho Sheung Heung Lo Wai aka. Pak Pin Wai is a walled village.
Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall in Ho Sheung Heung has been listed as a declared monument[6] [7] since 2003.[8] The Sin Wai Nunnery and the Hung Shing Temple and Pai Fung Temple are listed as Grade III historic buildings since 2010.[9]