San Tin Village

San Tin Village (Chinese: 新田村; lit. 'New Field Village') is a village in Tai Wai, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, located south of Che Kung Temple and east of Sun Chui Estate.

For the area in Yuen Long District, see San Tin.
Lau Ancestral Hall in San Tin Village. The hill in the background is sometimes referred to as Chun Shek (秦石).

History

San Tin Village was historically a single-clan village of the Lau (劉), and it now features the Lau Ancestral Hall (劉氏家祠). The Lau were Hakkas who first moved from Huizhou to Grassy Hill, northwest of Sha Tin, during the 18th century. They were farmers engaged in cultivation. As their population increased, they bought a piece of land from the Kak Tin and Tin Sam villages and established a new village called 'San Tin' (lit. "new field") in the late 1890s.[1]

References
  1. Brief Information on No Grade Items. Item #1359. Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

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