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.
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
Further reading
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sheung Tsuen (Pat Heung).
- 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
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