Shing Uk Tsuen

Shing Uk Tsuen (Chinese: 盛屋村) is a village in Wang Chau, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

Shing Uk Tsuen village entrance.

Old houses in Shing Uk Tsuen. Nos. 39-41.

Kwong Ling Tong (盛屋村) in Shing Uk Tsuen serves as the village office.

Shing Uk Tsuen and Fung Lok Wai viewed from Kai Shan.

Location

Shing Uk Tsuen is located north of Kai Shan and Yuen Long Industrial Estate, next to the villages of Tai Tseng Wai and Ng Uk Tsuen. The area north of the villages, Fung Lok Wai (豐樂圍), features fish ponds.

Administration

Shing Uk Tsuen is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shing Uk Tsuen is part of the Ping Shan North constituency.

History

Shing Uk Tsuen was a single-clan village established by the Shing (盛) who moved from Nga Tsin Tsuen (衙前村) in Ping Shan around 1466.[1]

Features

A row of five houses, Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43, was built no later that the 1870s in the last row of four rows of houses in the historic village. The houses have been vacated.[1] They have been listed as Grade III historic buildings.[2]

The three villages of Tai Tseng Wai, Ng Uk Tsuen and Shing Uk Tsuen all share the gods hall in Tai Tseng Wai and the Tin Hau temple near Ng Uk Tsuen.[3]

References

Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal: No. 39 Shing Uk Tsuen, Wang Chau
Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 historic buildings with assessment results
"Chapter 10. Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment". Proposed Development at Fung Lok Wai, Yuen Long at Lot 1457 R.P. in D.D.123 (PDF) (EIA Report). CH2M Hill Hong Kong Limited. July 2008. pp. 10.1–10.12.

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Shing Uk Tsuen (Ping Shan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Map showing the location of Graded Historic Buildings (GB) and Ungraded Built Heritage Resources (HB): Arup (March 2013). "Baseline Review. Figures". Planning and Engineering Study for the Public Housing Development and Yuen Long Industrial Estate Extension at Wang Chau (PDF) (Final Technical Report No.1 (TR-1)). Hong Kong Housing Authority. p. 50.
Pictures of Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 Shing Uk Tsuen:

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[No._39-1] Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal: No. 39 Shing Uk Tsuen, Wang Chau

[2] Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 historic buildings with assessment results

[3] "Chapter 10. Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment". Proposed Development at Fung Lok Wai, Yuen Long at Lot 1457 R.P. in D.D.123 (PDF) (EIA Report). CH2M Hill Hong Kong Limited. July 2008. pp. 10.1–10.12.