Sheung Cheung Wai
Sheung Cheung Wai (Chinese: 上璋圍) is a walled village in the Ping Shan area of Yuen Long District, in Hong Kong. It is part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail.
Administration[]
Sheung Cheung Wai is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Sheung Cheung Wai is part of the Ping Shan Central constituency.[1]
History[]
Sheung Cheung Wai is one of the three wais (walled villages) and six tsuens (villages) established by the Tang Clan of Ping Shan, namely: Sheung Cheung Wai, Kiu Tau Wai, Fui Sha Wai, Hang Tau Tsuen, Hang Mei Tsuen, Tong Fong Tsuen, San Tsuen, Hung Uk Tsuen and San Hei Tsuen.[2]
It was built about 200 years ago by a line of the Tang Clan that branched out from nearby Hang Tau Tsuen.[3]
Features[]
The moat that once surrounded the village has been filled.[3] Three of the original watchtowers have collapsed and only the lower storey of the southwest one remains, which has been converted for residential use.[4]
Conservation[]
Sheung Cheung Wai is the only walled village along the Ping Shan Heritage Trail.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Ping Shan Heritage Trail
- ^ a b c Antiquities and Monuments Office: Sheung Cheung Wai
- ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal: Entrance Gate, Sheung Cheung Wai, Hang Tau Tsuen
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- Delineation of area of existing village Sheung Cheung Wai (Ping Shan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
- Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Sheung Cheung Wai
Coordinates: 22°26′48″N 114°00′24″E / 22.446739°N 114.006539°E
- Walled villages of Hong Kong
- Ping Shan