San Wai (Ha Tsuen)

For other places with the same name, see San Wai.

San Wai (Chinese: 新圍) is a walled village in Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

San Wai Chinese: 新圍
Village
Yeung Hau Temple (楊侯古廟) in San Wai.
San Wai
Coordinates: 22.451724°N 113.990628°E / 22.451724; 113.990628
Country	People's Republic of China
Special administrative region	Hong Kong
District	Yuen Long District
Area	Ha Tsuen
Time zone	UTC+8:00 (HKT)

Administration

Shi Wang Study Hall (士宏書室) in San Wai (Ha Tsuen)

San Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[1] For electoral purposes, San Wai is part of the Ha Tsuen constituency.

History

The village was originally called San Hing Wai (新慶圍)^[2]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of San Wai was 487. The number of males was 215.^[3]

Features

The Yeung Hau Temple of San Wai, also called the Sai Tau Miu (西頭廟; 'the western temple'),^[4] was renovated in 1901. It serves as the social venue which plays the dual roles as a temple and an ancestral hall of San Wai. Basin meal feasts are organized in front of the Temple during Yeung Hau Festival and Lunar New Year.^[5]

Shi Wang Study Hall (士宏書室), also transliterated as Sze Wang Study Hall.

See also

• Walled villages of Hong Kong
• Hong Mei Tsuen, Lo Uk Tsuen, Sik Kong Tsuen: adjacent villages
• Sik Kong Wai, Tseung Kong Wai: nearby walled villages

References

1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
2. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Yeung Hau Temple, San Wai, Ha Tsuen
3. 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: 78. ISSN 1991-7295.
4. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Yeung Hau Temple, San Wai, Ha Tsuen
5. Brief Information on proposed Grade Nil Items. Item #1415

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village San Wai (Ha Tsuen) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Shi Wang Study Hall, No. 124 San Wai, Ha Tsuen Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Yau Sin Study Hall, San Wai, Ha Tsuen Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Pictures of Yeung Hau Temple, San Wai, Ha Tsuen
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Entrance Gate, San Wai, Ha Tsuen Pictures