Shap Pat Heung

Tin Hau Temple in Tai Kei Leng, Shap Pat Heung

Shap Pat Heung
Traditional Chinese	十じゅう八はち鄉さと
Simplified Chinese	十じゅう八はち乡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shíbāxiāng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sahp baat hēung Jyutping Sap6 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. 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' 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.

List of villages

1. Tai Tong Tsuen (大だい棠村)
2. Shan Pui Tsuen (山貝やまがい村むら)
3. Tai Wai Tsuen (大だい圍かこえ村むら) (五和いつわ) (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
4. Ha Yau Tin Tsuen (下しも攸田)
5. Sheung Yau Tin Tsuen (上うえ攸田)
6. Tai Kiu Tsuen (大橋おおはし村むら)
7. Muk Kiu Tau Tsuen (木橋きばし頭あたま)
8. Shui Tsiu Lo Wai (水みず蕉老圍かこえ)
9. Shui Tsiu San Tsuen (水みず蕉新村むら)
10. Nga Yiu Tau Tsuen (瓦かわら窰頭)
11. Pak Sha Tsuen (白しろ沙すな村むら)
12. Tin Liu Tsuen (田た寮りょう村むら)
13. Sai Pin Wai (西にし邊べ圍かこえ) (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
14. Tung Tau Tsuen (東ひがし頭あたま村むら) (五和いつわ) (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
15. Nam Pin Wai (南みなみ邊べ圍かこえ) (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
16. Nam Hang Tsuen (南みなみ坑あな村むら)
17. Ying Lung Wai (英龍ひでたつ圍かこえ) (五和いつわ) (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
18. Hung Tso Tin Tsuen (紅べに棗なつめ田村たむら)
19. Ma Tin Tsuen (馬田まだ村むら)
20. Sham Chung Tsuen (深ふか涌村)
21. Wong Uk Tsuen (黃き屋や村むら) (五和いつわ) (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
22. Wong Nai Tun Tsuen (黃き泥どろ墩)
23. Kong Tau Tsuen (港みなと頭あたま村むら)
24. Tong Tau Po Tsuen (塘頭埔)
25. Yeung Uk Tsuen (楊屋村むら)
26. Tsoi Uk Tsuen or Choi Uk Tsuen (蔡屋村むら) (五和いつわ) (Yuen Long Kau Hui)
27. Tai Kei Leng (大だい旗はた嶺みね)
28. Shan Pui Chung Hau Tsuen (山貝やまがい涌口)
29. Shung Ching San Tsuen (崇たかし正せい新村しんむら)
30. Lung Tin Tsuen (龍田たつた村むら)

Education

Shap Pat Heung 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 (元もと朗ろう官立かんりつ小學しょうがく).