A Shan
A Shan is a locality in Tai Po District, Hong Kong. A Shan is situated nearby to the locality Tsiu Lam, as well as near Tung Tsz.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hong Kong Museum of Education and Tsz Shan Monastery.
Hong Kong Museum of Education
Museum
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The Hong Kong Museum of Education is a museum in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. The museum focuses on the history and development of education in the territory. The museum is located within the campus of the Education University of Hong Kong.
Tsz Shan Monastery
Buddhist temple
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Tsz Shan Monastery is a prominent Buddhist temple situated in Tung Tsz, Tai Po District, Hong Kong. The monastery is notable for its 76-meter tall bronze-cast statue of Ruyilun Guanyin, an esoteric manifestation of the Bodhisattva Guanyin.
Shuen Wan Joint Village Basketball Court
Pitch
Photo: Eddie Yip, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shuen Wan Joint Village Basketball Court is a pitch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fung Yuen and Ting Kok.
Fung Yuen
Quarter
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fung Yuen is an area and a village located northwest of Tolo Harbour, in Tai Po, Tai Po District, Hong Kong.
Ting Kok
Quarter
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ting Kok is an area and a village in New Territories, the northeastern part of Hong Kong. It is located on the northern shore of Plover Cove and west of Tai Mei Tuk. Administratively, it is part of Tai Po District. Ting Kok is situated 2½ km east of A Shan.
Tai Po
Town
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Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui on the north of Lam Tsuen River and the Tai Po Hui on Fu Shin Street on the south of the Lam Tsuen River, near the old Tai Po Market railway station of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Tai Po is situated 3½ km southwest of A Shan.
A Shan
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “A Shan San Wai”, “Tsing Tau”, and “Yashan”
- Location: Tai Po District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.47285° or 22° 28′ 22″ northLongitude
114.19518° or 114° 11′ 43″ eastElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Open location code
7PJPF5FW+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 4339503912OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
1820033
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In Other Languages
“A Shan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “鴉山”
- Chinese: “鸦山”
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