San Tin Village or San Tin Tsuen (Chinese: 新田村; lit. 'New Field Village'), sometimes referred to as San Tin Wai (新田圍), is a village in Tai Wai, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, located south of Che Kung Temple and east of Sun Chui Estate.
Administration edit
San Tin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]
History edit
San Tin Village was historically a single-clan village of the Lau (劉), and it now features the Lau Ancestral Hall (劉氏家祠). The Lau were Hakkas who first moved from Huizhou to Au Pui Wan Tsuen near Grassy Hill, northwest of Sha Tin, during the 18th century. They were farmers engaged in cultivation. As their population increased, they bought a piece of land from the Kak Tin and Tin Sam villages and established a new village called 'San Tin' (lit. "new field") in the late 1890s.[2] At the time of the 1911 census, the population of San Tin was 109.[3]
See also edit
- Kau Yeuk (Sha Tin)
- Che Kung Temple, a temple located next to San Tin Village
- Sun Tin Wai Estate
References edit
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Lau Ancestral Hall, No. 26 San Tin Village, Sha Tin
- ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 81. ISSN 1991-7295.
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