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Tsz Tin Tsuen (Chinese: 紫田村) is a village in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Tsz Tin Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tsz Tin Tsuen is part of the Yan Tin constituency, which is currently represented by Apple Lai Ka-man.

History

According to one source, Tsz Tin Tsuen was first settled by the Lius (廖) during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and later by the Tang (鄧), the Chan (陳) and the Mak (麥). Another source mentions that Tsz Tin Wai was founded during the late Ming dynasty by a branch of descendants of Tang Hung-wai of Ha Tsuen. Two brothers of the Tang Clan, Tang Siu-lung (鄧兆瀧) and Tang Siu-wai (鄧兆渭) of the 16th generation, from Ha Tsuen, settled in the village during the Wanli period (1573-1620) of the Ming dynasty.

Tsz Tin Tsuen has historically predominantly been a Tang Clan village, which was historically probably allied to Ha Tsuen in an oath-sworn alliance, although it was not part of the Ha Tsuen Heung (廈村鄉).

The village is included in a 1643/1688 list of villages. It was officially recorded as Tsz Tuen Wai (子屯圍) or Tsz Tuen Wai Tsuen (子屯圍村) in the 1688 and the 1819 versions of the Xin'an Gazetteer. The present name of the village, Tsz Tin Tsuen has probably been in use since 1911.

The Tang of Tsz Tin Tsuen maintain regular contact with their Tang kinsmen in Ha Tsuen by participating in lineage rituals. They still have their ancestral worship conducted at the Tang Ancestral Hall of Ha Tsuen Shi and they take part in the Tai Ping Ching Chiu organized by the Tang of Ha Tsuen.

Features

Tsz Tin Wai (子田圍), which is now engulfed by Tsz Tin Tsuen, is likely to have been a Punti walled village in the past, although it is not confirmed that it was actually walled. Tsz Tin Wai has a village shrine in a style peculiar to Punti walled villages. The shrine is erected at the rear end of a main lane, which roughly divides the village into two halves.

Nos. 245 & 247 Tsz Tin Tsuen has been listed as a Grade III historic building. The two-storey building was built in the early 20th century and before 1918. It was used as a residence and as a grocery store selling wine and grains. A sugar refinery was built at the back of the house.

See also

• Walled villages of Hong Kong
• San Hing Tsuen, a village adjacent to Tsz Tin Tsuen (north east)
• Siu Hang Tsuen, a village adjacent to Tsz Tin Tsuen (south west)
• Yan Tin Estate, a public housing estate adjacent to Tsz Tin Tsuen (south)

References

1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
2. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tuen Mun District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
3. "Tuen Mun District Council - Tuen Mun DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
4. ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 245 and 247 Tsz Tin Tsuen
5. ^ Hase, P. H. (2020). Settlement, Life, and Politics - Understanding the Traditional New Territories. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. City University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 75, 129, 134. ISBN 9789629374419.
6. Watson, Rubie S. (1982). "The Creation of a Chinese Lineage: The Teng of Ha Tsuen, 1669-1751". Modern Asian Studies. 16 (1): 77. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00000706. JSTOR 312275.
7. Ip, Hing-fong (1995). An historical geography of the walled villages of Hong Kong (Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Philosophy). University of Hong Kong. p. 78.
8. Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results

Further reading

Articles and documents related to the 2010 clearance of part of Tsz Tin Tsuen to make way for Yan Tin Estate:

• Leung, Paggie (25 August 2010). "Villagers given three weeks to quit their homes on site for public flats". South China Morning Post.
• Wong, Martin; Chong, Tanna (29 September 2010). "Villagers concede defeat and reluctantly walk away from their Tuen Mun homes". South China Morning Post.
• 2010 Hong Kong Government notices about the clearance of part of Tsz Tin Tsuen to make way for Yan Tin Estate, then referred to as "Tuen Mun Area 54 Site 2":
• Chow Chui Fong Candy and Another vs The Director of Lands HKCFI 808; HCAL 99/2010

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Tsz Tin Tsuen (Tuen Mun) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Pictures of Nos. 245 & 247 Tsz Tin Tsuen

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• Villages in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong
• Walled villages of Hong Kong
• Lam Tei