San Wai | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Hong Kong |
Coordinates: | 22.4517°N 113.9906°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Special administrative region |
Subdivision Name1: | Hong Kong |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Yuen Long District |
Subdivision Type3: | Area |
Subdivision Name3: | Ha Tsuen |
Established Title: | San Hing Wai |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | HKT |
Utc Offset1: | +8:00 |
San Wai is a walled village in Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
San Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] For electoral purposes, San Wai is part of the Ha Tsuen constituency.
The village was originally called San Hing Wai [2]
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of San Wai was 487. The number of males was 215.[3]
The Yeung Hau Temple of San Wai, also called the Sai Tau Miu,[4] was renovated in 1901. It serves as the social venue which plays the dual roles as a temple and an ancestral hall of San Wai. Basin meal feasts are organized in front of the Temple during Yeung Hau Festival and Lunar New Year.[5]
Shi Wang Study Hall, also transliterated as Sze Wang Study Hall.