Shan Pui Tsuen () is a village in Shap Pat Heung,

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, Hong Kong.

Administration

Shan Pui Tsuen is a recognized village under the

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. For electoral purposes, Shan Pui Tsuen is located in the Shap Pat Heung North constituency of the

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. It is currently represented by Shum Ho-kit, who was elected in the

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Geography

Shan Pui Tsuen is located north of a hill separating it from

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. A small boat near the village entrance serves as a ferry across the Kam Tin River towards

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in the north.

History

Shan Pui Tsuen was founded by Lam Siu-yuen (), a 13th generation member of the

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Clan, who moved from Tai Wai Tsuen some 200 years ago.Brief Information on No Grade Items, pp.455-456
Historically, the village was facing a large piece of fishing ponds.Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items, p.447
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shan Pui was 273. The number of males was 118. Shan Pui Tsuen is part of the Tung Tau alliance ()

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. Historic Building Appraisal
Yi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen
/ref> or "Joint Meeting Group of Seven Villages", together with Nam Pin Wai, Tung Tau Tsuen, Choi Uk Tsuen, Ying Lung Wai, Wong Uk Tsuen and Tai Wai Tsuen. The Yi Shing Temple in Wong Uk Tsuen is an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance.

Features

Lam Ancestral Hall (), located at No. 157 Shan Pui Tsuen, in the eastern part of the village, was probably built in the 19th century. The building was used as the classrooms of a school for teaching village children in the 1930s-1960s, and as classrooms of a kindergarten in 1967–1968. Several old residential houses in the village are

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vernacular buildings and are considered to have built heritage value.Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items

Education

Shan Pui is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Shan Pui (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
{{Coord, 22.45271, 114.037195, display=title Villages in Yuen Long District, Hong Kong Shap Pat Heung