Shap Pat Heung

Tin Hau Temple in Tai Kei Leng, Shap Pat Heung
Shap Pat Heung
Traditional Chinese十八鄉
Simplified Chinese十八乡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShíbāxiāng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSahp baat hēung
JyutpingSap6 baat3 hoeng1
Shap Pat Heung.
Shap Pat Heung Rural committee.
Village gate and ancestral hall in Choi Uk Tsuen, Shap Pat Heung.

Shap Pat Heung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong.[1] Located south of Yuen Long and northeast of Tai Tong, the area occupies the plain north of hills of Tai Lam. The Cantonese name 'Shap Pat Heung' means 'eighteen villages'[2] at its beginning. It was later expanded to thirty villages. Administratively, it is part of the Yuen Long District.

The area is famous for the celebration of Tin Hau Festival on the 23rd day of the 3rd month every year of Chinese calendar. Parade and Fa Pao attracts many visitors and pilgrims from other villages and towns.

  1. ^ "Government resumes three private lands in Fanling and Yuen Long for subsidized housing". The Standard. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Entrance Gate, No. 7 Tin Liu Tsuen