Sheung Tsuen

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Houses in the Sheung Tsuen area.
Sheung Tsuen Village Office.
Chik Kwai Study Hall.
Pat Heung Temple in Sheung Tsuen.

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

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

Features

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Chik Kwai Study Hall [zh], 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

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. ^ "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. Hong Kong Archaeological Society: 25-38. OCLC 02465191.

Further reading

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22°25′44″N 114°06′20″E / 22.4290°N 114.1056°E / 22.4290; 114.1056



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