Nam Pin Wai (Yuen Long)

{{Short description|Walled village in the Yuen Long District, Hong Kong}} thumb|Entrance gate of Nam Pin Wai in January 2009. thumb|Central axis of Nam Pin Wai, looking toward the entrance gate in July 2009. [[File:Nam Pin Wai 02.jpg|thumb|Earth God shrine at Nam Pin Wai.]] '''Nam Pin Wai''' ({{zh|t=南邊圍}}), sometimes transliterated as '''Nam Bin Wai''', is a walled village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

==Administration== Nam Pin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=Lands Department |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

==History== Nam Pin Wai and nearby Sai Pin Wai were set up by members of the Tang Clan of Kam Tin. The Tang later considered that the two villages were of bad ''feng shui'' and moved to nearby Ying Lung Wai.<ref name="AAB SPW">Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/965_Appraisal_En.pdf Nos. 92 & 93 Sai Pin Wai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615175650/https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/965_Appraisal_En.pdf |date=2020-06-15 }}</ref>

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Nam Pin Wai was 519. The number of males was 223.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume = 36| page = 78| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}</ref>

Nam Pin Wai is part of the Tung Tau alliance ({{zh|t=東頭約|labels=no}})<ref name="AAB YST">Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/1265_Appraisal_En.pdf Yi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110111629/https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/1265_Appraisal_En.pdf |date=2020-11-10 }}</ref> or "Joint Meeting Group of Seven Villages", together with Tung Tau Tsuen, Choi Uk Tsuen, Ying Lung Wai, Shan Pui Tsuen, Wong Uk Tsuen and Tai Wai Tsuen.<ref>[http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200905/13/P200905130182.htm Press Release: "Property development projects at Nam Cheong and Yuen Long Stations", May 13, 2009]</ref> The Yi Shing Temple in Wong Uk Tsuen is an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance.<ref name="AAB YST"/>

==Features== The Tai Wong Temple in Cheung Shing Street is the main temple of Nam Pin Wai as well as Yuen Long Kau Hui.<ref name="p.178">Antiquities Advisory Board. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022841/https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #190]</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Nam Pin Wai}} * [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/M/m-sph-27.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Nam Bin Wai (Shap Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]

Category:Walled villages of Hong Kong Category:Yuen Long Category:Shap Pat Heung Category:Villages in Yuen Long District, Hong Kong