Tam Shui Hang () is a village in the

Sha Tau Kok Sha Tau Kok () is a closed town in North District, Hong Kong. It is the last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area and is Hong Kong's northernmost town. Its residents are mostly descendants of Hakka farmers and Hoklo fisher ...

area of North District of Hong Kong. The village is divided into upper (Sheung Tam Shui Hang, ), middle and lower (Ha Tam Shui Hang, ) parts.

Administration

Tam Shui Hang is a recognized village under the

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tam Shui Hang is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.

History

The three

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

villages of Tam Shui Hang, Tong To and

Shan Tsui Shan Tsui () is a village in the Sha Tau Kok area of North District of Hong Kong. Administration Shan Tsui is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok Distri ...

had a total population of around 1,000 persons in 1961. During the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

, the villagers of these three places removed a

Tin Hau Mazu or Matsu is a sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang (), a shamaness from Fujian who is said to ...

image from a Man Mo temple located across the border in

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and built a temple in Tsoi Yuen Kok (), at the western end of Kong Ha Village to house the image. The temple was under the management of a special trust, the Sam Wo Tong (). In the 1990s, the residents constructed a new

Tin Hau Temple Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong are dedicated to the Chinese goddess Tin Hau (), better known as Mazu (goddess), Mazu (). Over 100 temples are dedicated (at least partially) to Tin Hau in Hong Kong. A list of these temples can be found below. Famo ...

at the present location, south of Tam Shui Hang, where the original statue of Tin Hau is enshrined.

Features

The Kwan Ah School in Tam Shui Hang ceased operation in 2004.

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Tam Shui Hang (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
* Film Services Office
Tam Shui Hang Tsuen
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Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Secretary for Development, Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monum ...

. Historic Building Appraisal
Chung Ancestral Hall, Ha Tam Shui HangPictures
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. Historic Building Appraisal
Kwan Ah School (formerly Pan Lam Study Hall), Sheung Tam Shui Hang TsuenPictures
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. Historic Building Appraisal
Chan Ancestral Hall, Sheung Tam Shui HangPictures
Villages in North District, Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub