Shatin
| Sha Tin | |||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 沙田 | ||||||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | "sandy field" | ||||||||||||||
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| Lek Yuen | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 瀝源 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Source of Trickling | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shātián |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | sā tìhn |
| IPA | [sáː tʰȉːn] |
| Jyutping | saa1 tin4 |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | līk yùhn |
| IPA | [lɪ́k jy̏ːn] |
| Jyutping | lik1 jyun4 |
Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is an area around the Shing Mun River in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District.
Sha Tin is located in a valley, on both sides of the Shing Mun River, running from the southwest to the northeast. It is bordered by Tai Wai in the southwest and by Fo Tan (left bank) and Shek Mun (right bank) in the northeast.
Tai Wai Village, located in Tai Wai, next to Sha Tin, and the oldest and largest walled village in Sha Tin District, was built in 1574, during the Ming Dynasty.
Before British rule in Hong Kong, the area of Sha Tin and its vicinity was referred to as Lek Yuen (lit. "source of trickling" or "source of clear water"). Colonial officials allegedly mistook the name of the Sha Tin Wai village as the name of the area and it has been used ever since. Nowadays, the original name is used to refer to Lek Yuen Estate.
Sha Tin was formerly a market town at the present location of Sha Tin Centre Street and New Town Plaza shopping centre, near the Sha Tin Station of the MTR East Rail Line.
Sha Tin was the location of the first flight of a powered aircraft in Hong Kong in 1911. The aeroplane was named as the Spirit of Sha Tin (Chinese: 沙田精神號). A full size replica of this plane now hangs in Hong Kong International Airport.
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