# Kam Tsin

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For the village in Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong, see [Kam Tsin Wai](/source/Kam_Tsin_Wai).

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Kam Tsin Traditional Chinese 金錢 Simplified Chinese 金钱 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīnqián Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gam1 cin4 Kam Tsin Tsuen Traditional Chinese 金錢村 Simplified Chinese 金钱村 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīnqián Cūn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gam1 cin4 cyun1

Hau Chung Fuk Tong Communal Hall in Kam Tsin.

Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall.

[Earth God](/source/Earth_God) shrine of Kam Tsin.

**Kam Tsin** ([Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 金錢), also known as **Kam Tsin Tsuen** (金錢村), is a village and an area in the [North District](/source/North_District%2C_Hong_Kong), in the [New Territories](/source/New_Territories) in Hong Kong.

## Administration

Kam Tsin is a recognized village under the [New Territories](/source/New_Territories) [Small House Policy](/source/Small_House_Policy).[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sheung Shui District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Kam Tsin is part of the [Sheung Shui Rural](/source/Sheung_Shui_Rural_(constituency)) constituency, which is currently represented by Simon Hau Fuk-tat.[2][3]

## Location

Kam Tsin is located south of [Yin Kong](/source/Yin_Kong), west of [Kwu Tung](/source/Kwu_Tung), [Ngau Tei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ngau_Tei&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Hang Tau](/source/Hang_Tau_Tsuen%2C_North_District). Its south and east are surrounded by the [Hong Kong Golf Club](/source/Hong_Kong_Golf_Club). The [Fanling Bungalow](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fanling_Bungalow&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Fanling Lodge](/source/Fanling_Lodge) are on its southeast.

## History

The [Hau](/source/Hou_(surname)) (侯) [Clan](/source/Chinese_kin), one of the [Five Great Clans of the New Territories](/source/Five_Great_Clans_of_the_New_Territories), arrived in modern-day Hong Kong towards the end of the 12th century, during the [Southern Song dynasty](/source/Southern_Song_dynasty). They first settled at [Ho Sheung Heung](/source/Ho_Sheung_Heung). They later settled three branch-villages: [Yin Kong](/source/Yin_Kong), Kam Tsin and [Ping Kong](/source/Ping_Kong).[4]

In 1851, a war opposed the village of [San Tin](/source/San_Tin) to [Ping Kong](/source/Ping_Kong) and Kam Tsin.[5]

## Features

The village contains two temples which are used by the native Hau clan to worship their ancestors. One of these temples is open to visitors at weekends and on public holidays. There are also two schools and a kindergarten next to it.

The Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall is a [declared monument](/source/Declared_monuments_of_Hong_Kong). The [Earth God](/source/Earth_God) Shrine of Kam Tsin Tsuen and the Hau Chung Fuk Tong Communal Hall are listed as [Grade II historic buildings](/source/Heritage_conservation_in_Hong_Kong).

## Transportation

Although Kam Tsin is by the side of [Castle Peak Road](/source/Castle_Peak_Road) and [Fanling Highway](/source/Fanling_Highway) nowadays, it is not connected to these roads directly. The access to the area is Kam Tsin Road, a branch road from Castle Peak Road.

[Public transport](/source/Public_transport) access is by [green minibus](/source/Green_minibus) 50A from [Sheung Shui station](/source/Sheung_Shui_station) or by a [red minibus](/source/Red_minibus) to and from Sheung Shui which only runs in the mornings. One can also access [Kowloon Motor Bus](/source/Kowloon_Motor_Bus) bus 76K and red minibus 17, plus other green minibus services by crossing a footbridge over Fanling Highway.

## Education

As of 2024 there are currently three schools operating in Kam Tsin.

- [De La Salle Secondary School, N.T.](/source/De_La_Salle_Secondary_School%2C_N.T.) (founded in 1965)

- [Kam Tsin Village Ho Tung School](https://www.ktvhts.edu.hk/tc/) (founded in 1955, successor of Chung Fuk Primary School founded in 1902)

- [Kam Tsin Village Ho Tung Kindergarten](http://www.ktvhtkg.edu.hk/) (founded in 1976)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy"](https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf) (PDF). [Lands Department](/source/Lands_Department). September 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)"](https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/N_descriptions(Eng).pdf) (PDF). *[Electoral Affairs Commission](/source/Electoral_Affairs_Commission)*. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["North District Council - North DC Members"](https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2803). *District Council*. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Baker, Hugh D. R. (1966). ["The Five Great Clans of the New Territories"](https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/0bc773023e888d9711254ea55d0d8827.pdf) (PDF). *Journal of the [Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society](/source/Hong_Kong_Branch_of_the_Royal_Asiatic_Society)*. **6**: 26. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [23881432](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23881432).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Hase, P.H. (1990). ["A Village War in Sham Chun"](https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/93d0016f745a967929f34d019a7de23d.pdf) (PDF). *Journal of the [Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch](/source/Royal_Asiatic_Society_Hong_Kong_Branch)*. **30**: 279. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1991-7295](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1991-7295).

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Kam Tsin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kam_Tsin).

- [Delineation of area of existing village Kam Tsin (Sheung Shui) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)](https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/N/n-ss-13.pdf)

- [Tai Ping Hung Chiu Ceremony](https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/local_festivals/festivals/lunar1/1_3/index.html)

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