Shan Pui Tsuen () is a village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
Administration Shan Pui Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purposes, Shan Pui Tsuen is located in the Shap Pat Heung North constituency of the Yuen Long District Council. It is currently represented by Shum Ho-kit, who was elected in the 2011 Yuen Long District Council Shap Pat Heung North Constituency elections.
Geography Shan Pui Tsuen is located north of a hill separating it from Yuen Long Kau Hui. A small boat near the village entrance serves as a ferry across the Kam Tin River towards Nam Sang Wai in the north.thaiworldview.com - Shan Pui Tsuen
History Shan Pui Tsuen was founded by Lam Siu-yuen (), a 13th generation member of the Lam Clan, who moved from Tai Wai Tsuen some 200 years ago.Brief Information on No Grade Items, pp.455-456 Historically, the village was facing a large piece of fishing ponds.Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items, p.447
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shan Pui was 273. The number of males was 118.
Shan Pui Tsuen is part of the Tung Tau alliance ()Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Yi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen or "Joint Meeting Group of Seven Villages", together with Nam Pin Wai, Tung Tau Tsuen, Choi Uk Tsuen, Ying Lung Wai, Wong Uk Tsuen and Tai Wai Tsuen.Press Release: "Property development projects at Nam Cheong and Yuen Long Stations", May 13, 2009 The Yi Shing Temple in Wong Uk Tsuen is an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance.
Features Lam Ancestral Hall (), located at No. 157 Shan Pui Tsuen, in the eastern part of the village, was probably built in the 19th century.Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.1335 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 vernacular buildings and are considered to have built heritage value.Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items
Education Shan Pui is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).
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Delineation of area of existing village Shan Pui (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 191-197 Shan Pui, Shap Pat Heung Pictures Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 223-226 Shan Pui, Shap Pat Heung Pictures Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. No. 158 Shan Pui, Shap Pat Heung Pictures Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. No. 162 Shan Pui, Shap Pat Heung Pictures (demolished) Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. No. 163 Shan Pui, Shap Pat Heung Pictures (demolished) Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 21-24, Lane 5, Shan Pui, Shap Pat Heung Pictures (demolished) Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Lam Ancestral Hall, No. 157 Shan Pui, Shap Pat Heung Pictures