Shing Uk Tsuen Explained

Shing Uk Tsuen is a village in Wang Chau, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

Location

Shing Uk Tsuen is located north of Kai Shan and Yuen Long Industrial Estate, next to the villages of Tai Tseng Wai and Ng Uk Tsuen. The area north of the villages, Fung Lok Wai, features fish ponds.

Administration

Shing Uk Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[1] It is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shing Uk Tsuen is part of the Ping Shan North constituency.^[2]

History

Shing Uk Tsuen was a single-clan village established by the Shing who moved from Nga Tsin Tsuen in Ping Shan around 1466.

Features

A row of five houses, Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43, was built no later than the 1870s in the last row of four rows of houses in the historic village. The houses have been vacated.^[3] They have been listed as Grade III historic buildings.^[4]

The three villages of Tai Tseng Wai, Ng Uk Tsuen and Shing Uk Tsuen all share the gods hall in Tai Tseng Wai and the Tin Hau temple near Ng Uk Tsuen.^[5]

Further reading

• Lui . Kin-pui . 呂鍵培 . 2014 . Mapping the past for the future : mapping the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of three villages at Tai Tseng, Yuen Long, as resources for sustainable development . MSc . . 10.5353/th_b5347044. 2024-04-12 .
• Siu . Anthony Kwok-kin . 1982 . Tai Tseng 大井. Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society . 9-12 . 127–129 . 02465191. .

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Shing Uk Tsuen (Ping Shan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Map showing the location of Graded Historic Buildings (GB) and Ungraded Built Heritage Resources (HB): Arup . Arup Group . March 2013 . Planning and Engineering Study for the Public Housing Development and Yuen Long Industrial Estate Extension at Wang Chau . Final Technical Report No.1 (TR-1) . Baseline Review. Figures . Hong Kong Housing Authority. 50 .
• Pictures of Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 Shing Uk Tsuen: https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/622_Photo.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/623_Photo.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/624_Photo.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/625_Photo.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/626_Photo.pdf
• Webpage about Shing Uk Tsuen (in Chinese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy . September 2009 . .
2. Web site: Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District). Electoral Affairs Commission. 14 June 2021.
3. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
4. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
5. July 2008 . Proposed Development at Fung Lok Wai, Yuen Long at Lot 1457 R.P. in D.D.123 . EIA Report . Chapter 10. Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment. CH2M Hill Hong Kong Limited . 10.1–10.12 .