Tam Shui Hang (Chinese: 担水坑) is a village in the Sha Tau Kok area of North District of Hong Kong. The village is divided into upper (Sheung Tam Shui Hang, 上担水坑), middle and lower (Ha Tam Shui Hang, 下担水坑) parts.[1]
Administration
editTam Shui Hang is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] 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.[3][4]
History
editThe three Hakka villages of Tam Shui Hang, Tong To and Shan Tsui had a total population of around 1,000 persons in 1961. During the Cultural Revolution, the villagers of these three places removed a Tin Hau image from a Man Mo temple located across the border in Mainland China and built a temple in Tsoi Yuen Kok (菜園角), 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 (三和堂).[5] In the 1990s, the residents constructed a new Tin Hau Temple at the present location, south of Tam Shui Hang, where the original statue of Tin Hau is enshrined.[6]
Features
editThe Kwan Ah School in Tam Shui Hang ceased operation in 2004.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Location Library. Tam Shui Hang Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok". Film Services Office. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Hayes, James W. (1970). "A Casualty of the Cultural Revolution" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 10: 196–197. ISSN 1991-7295.
- ^ "Unmissable adventures in Sha Tau Kok". Hong Kong Tourism Board. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "LegCo Members' visit to Sha Tau Kok Frontier Closed Area" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 24 March 2015.
External links
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- 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 (includes pictures)
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Chung Ancestral Hall, Ha Tam Shui Hang Pictures
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Kwan Ah School (formerly Pan Lam Study Hall), Sheung Tam Shui Hang Tsuen Pictures
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Chan Ancestral Hall, Sheung Tam Shui Hang Pictures
22°32′47″N 114°13′09″E / 22.546523°N 114.219245°E
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