Lions Pavilion at Sha Tin Pass.
Tsz Chuk Pavillion (
紫竹亭
) along
Shatin Pass Road
at Shatin Pass.
Signs along
Shatin Pass Road
at Shatin Pass indicating
Mau Tat
and
Shap Yi Wat
villages.
Sha Tin Pass
(
沙田?
;
Cantonese Yale
:
s? tihn au
) or
Shatin Pass
, and sometimes
Sha Tin Au
(
沙田凹
), is a
mountain pass
between
Temple Hill
and
Unicorn Ridge
in
Hong Kong
. The pass is located north of the populous area of
Tsz Wan Shan
, and used to be the only path connecting
Kowloon
and
Sha Tin
.
[1]
The area is administratively divided along the border between
Lion Rock Country Park
and Tsz Chuk Pavillion (
紫竹亭
), with the area inside the mountain belonging to
Sha Tin District
, and the area under the foothill belonging to
Wong Tai Sin District
.
[2]
History
[
edit
]
Sha Tin Pass was one of major accesses from
Kowloon
to the south to
Sha Tin
to the north before the construction of roads and railway. A survey conducted in 1904 recorded 600 persons a day crossing Sha Tin Pass, including 280 of them "carrying goods". A substantial portion of these goods were fresh fish from
Tolo Harbour
being carried for sale at
Kowloon City
Market.
[3]
The
British Army
built a road in 19th century,
Shatin Pass Road
from Kowloon to the pass and some villages in
Sha Tin District
but not to the town of Sha Tin.
Features
[
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]
Sheng Kung Hui
has a site of
Diocesan Youth Retreat House
at the pass.
The villages of
Mau Tat
and
Shap Yi Wat
are located north of Sha Tin Pass.
The
Kwun Yum Temple, Tsz Wan Shan
[
zh
]
is located in the vicinity of the pass, to its south. It can be accessed via Sha Tin Pass Road.
[4]
Access
[
edit
]
Sha Tin Pass can be accessed via
Shatin Pass Road
.
Stage 4 of
Wilson Trail
and Stage 5 of
MacLehose Trail
split at the pass.
References
[
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]
22°21′18.94″N
114°11′57.53″E
/
22.3552611°N 114.1993139°E
/
22.3552611; 114.1993139