Sheung Tsuen Explained

Sheung Tsuen 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.

Administration

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

Features

, a typical traditional Chinese academy and monument, is located in Sheung Tsuen.^[2] It is a declared monument.

Shek Tau Wai, 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

• Six-Day War (1899)

Further reading

• Web site: Consultancy for Conservation Study of Chik Kwai Study Hall at Pat Heung . January 2008 . .

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Sheung Tsuen (Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Pat Heung Temple, No. 87 Sheung Tsuen, Pat Heung Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Lai Ancestral Hall, No. 146 Tsz Tong Tsuen, Sheung Tsuen, Pat Heung Pictures

22.429°N 114.1056°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy . September 2009 . .
2. Web site: 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 . 11 . 25-38 . 02465191. .