Shan Pui Tsuen is a village in Shap Pat Heung

Shap Pat Heung

Shap Pat Heung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Located south of Yuen Long and northwest of Tai Tong, the area occupied the plain north of hills of Tai Lam. Cantonese name Shap Pat Heung means eighteen villages at its beginning. It is later expanded to thirty villages...

, Yuen Long District

Yuen Long District

Yuen Long District , is one of the districts of Hong Kong located in the northwest of the New Territories. It had a population of 449,070 in 2001. The district has the youngest population of Hong Kong and the lowest income in the New Territories.-Geography:...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

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Geography

Shan Pui Tsuen is located north of a hill separating it from Yuen Long Kau Hui

Yuen Long Kau Hui

Yuen Long Kau Hui is an area in Yuen Long, Yuen Long District, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong.-Geography:Yuen Long Kau Hui is located in the north-east of the present Yuen Long Town. It is sited south of a small hill and directly north of Yuen Long MTR Station. It comprises several...

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

Nam Sang Wai

Nam Sang Wai is a wetland area to the north of Yuen Long, in Hong Kong.-Geography:Nam Sang Wai covers a roughly triangular area. It is bordered by the Shan Pui River in the west, separating it from Yuen Long Industrial Estate, the Kam Tin River in the east and a branch of the Kam Tin River in the...

 in the north.

History

Shan Pui Tsuen was founded by Lam Siu-yuen (林兆元), a 13th generation member of the Lam

Lin (surname)

Lín Lin is the second most common surname in Taiwan at 9% of the population, second only to Chen. In mainland China , Lin is generally less common.-Name origin:...

 Clan

Chinese clan

A Chinese clan is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname sharing a common ancestor and, in many cases, an ancestral home.-Description:...

, who moved from Tai Wai Tsuen

Tai Wai Tsuen

Tai Wai Tsuen may refer to several places in Hong Kong:* Tai Wai Tsuen, the original village of Tai Wai, Sha Tin District* Tai Wai Tsuen, a village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui and Shap Pat Heung areas of Yuen Long District...

 some 200 years ago. Historically, the village was facing a large piece of fishing ponds.

Shan Pui Tsuen is part of the Tung Tau alliance (東頭約) or "Joint Meeting Group of Seven Villages", together with Nam Pin Wai

Nam Pin Wai

Nam Pin Wai is the name of two villages in Hong Kong:* Nam Pin Wai , in the Ho Chung area of Sai Kung* Nam Pin Wai , in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long...

, Tung Tau Tsuen, Ying Lung Wai, Choi Uk Tsuen

Choi Uk Tsuen

Choi Uk Tsuen or Tsoi Uk Tsuen is a village in Yuen Long Kau Hui , in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong, China.-Features:...

, Wong Uk Tsuen and Tai Wai Tsuen

Tai Wai Tsuen

Tai Wai Tsuen may refer to several places in Hong Kong:* Tai Wai Tsuen, the original village of Tai Wai, Sha Tin District* Tai Wai Tsuen, a village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui and Shap Pat Heung areas of Yuen Long District...

. The Yi Shing Temple in Wong Uk Tsuen is an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance.

Features

Lam Ancestral Hall (林氏家祠), 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 Qing

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

vernacular buildings and are considered to have built heritage value.