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{{Short description|Area of Hong Kong}}
{{Chinese
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  |h=song1 sui3
  |j=soeng6 seoi2
  |p=Shàngshuǐ
  |pic=Sheung Shui 201701.jpg
  |piccap=Aerial view of Sheung Shui
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[[Image:Sheung shui 001.jpg|thumb|Public estates in Sheung Shui]]
[[Image:San Hong Street 2016.jpg|thumb|The busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu Hui]]
[[Image:Ng Tung River 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Ng Tung River]], looking towards Sheung Shui]]
[[Image:Siu Hang Tsuen.jpg|thumb|[[Siu Hang Tsuen (North District)|Siu Hang Tsuen]], a village in Sheung Shui]]
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[[Image:Landmark North.JPG|thumb|Landmark North]]
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'''Sheung Shui''' ({{zh|c=上水|j=soeng6 seoi2|h=song1 sui3}}, literally "Above-water") is an area in [[New Territories]], [[Hong Kong]]. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of [[Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town]] in [[North District, Hong Kong|North District]] of [[Hong Kong]]. [[Fanling]] Town is to its southeast.

==History==
Shek Wu Hui ({{zh|c=石湖墟|labels=no}}) used to be the marketplace of the Sheung Shui area, before the development of Sheung Shui Town. Bounded by Lung Sum Avenue ({{zh|t=龍琛路|labels=no}}), San Fung Avenue and Jockey Club Road, it was the main market in the Sheung Shui area from the 1930s onwards.<ref>[http://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/csn/csn54/54eng/29-31.pdf North District: Beating the Drum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716082955/http://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/csn/csn54/54eng/29-31.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }}</ref> Today some private residences can be found towering over the old flats in the ''hui'' (market). The majority of the buildings still standing were repaired in the 1950s.

[[Sheung Shui Wai]] ({{zh|t=上水圍|labels=no}}), originally lived in by the [[Liao (surname)|Liu]] ({{zh|c=廖|labels=no}}) clan,<ref>{{cite book|title=A Chinese Lineage Village: Sheung-Shui|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gW6mAAAAIAAJ&q=chiang+duke+chou+descent&pg=PA26|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-0670-4|pages=26–}}</ref> is a [[walled villages of Hong Kong|walled village]]. The ancestral hall Liu Man Shek Tong ({{zh|t=廖萬石堂|labels=no}}) in the village is one of the [[declared monuments of Hong Kong]].

The {{ill|Fung Kai No. 1 Secondary School|zh|鳳溪第一中學}}, located near Sheung Shui Wai and originally established by the Liu clan, is the largest secondary school in Hong Kong, in terms of area covered. More than one turfed football pitch can be found inside the school campus. Because of its green and ample campus, the school used to serve as a scene for local educational television programs.

==Housing estates in Sheung Shui Town==

===Public estates===
[[Image:Ching Ho Estate.jpg|thumb|Ching Ho Estate]]
* [[Choi Yuen Estate]] (彩園邨)
* [[Tin Ping Estate]] (天平邨)
* [[Tai Ping Estate]] (太平邨)
* [[Ching Ho Estate]] (清河邨)
* [[Cheung Lung Wai Estate]] (祥龍圍邨)
* [[Po Shek Wu Estate]] (寶石湖邨)

===Home Ownership Scheme Courts===
[[Image:Choi Po Court 2014.jpg|thumb|The busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu Hui]]
* [[Yuk Po Court]] (旭埔苑)
* [[Choi Po Court]] (彩蒲苑)
* [[On Shing Court]] (安盛苑)
* Sunningdale Garden (順欣花園)
* [[Public housing estates in Sheung Shui#Tsui Lai Garden|Tsui Lai Garden]] (翠麗花園)

===Private estates===
* Lung Fung Garden (龍豐花園)
* Metropolis Plaza (新都廣場)
* Sheung Shui Centre (上水中心)
* Sheung Shui Town Centre (上水名都)
* [[Woodland Crest]] (奕翠園)
* Venice Garden (威尼斯花園)
* Noble Hill (皇府山)
* Royal Green (御皇庭)
* Royal Jubilee (海禧華庭)
* On Kwok Villa (安國新村)
* Pearl Vista (明珠華軒)
* Glorious Peak (顯峰)

==Villages in the Sheung Shui area==
* [[Hakka Wai]] (客家圍)
** Tsung Pak Long Tsuen (松柏塱村)
** Tai Tau Leng (大頭嶺)
* [[Sheung Shui Wai]] (上水圍)
** Wai Loi Tsuen (圍內村)
** Man Kok Tsuen (文閣村)
** Ha Pak Tsuen (下北村)
** Sheung Pak Tsuen (上北村)
** Chung Sam Tsuen (中心村)
** Tai Yuen Tsuen (大元村)
** Hing Yan Tsuen (興仁村)
** Po Sheung Tsuen (莆上村)
** Mun Hau Tsuen (門口村)
* Fu Tei Au Tsuen (虎地拗村)
* Hung Kiu San Tsuen (紅橋新村)
* Wa Shan Tsuen (華山村)
* Tin Ping Shan Tsuen (天平山村)
* Wu Nga Lok Yeung (烏鴉落陽)
* Shek Wu San Tsuen (石湖新村)
* Ling Shan Tsuen (靈山村)
* Ng Uk Village (吳屋村)
* [[Siu Hang Tsuen (North District)|Siu Hang Tsuen]] (小坑村)
* Siu Hang San Tsuen (小坑新村)
*新界五大氏族The Great Five Clans in New Territories-侯氏(HAU)
** Ho Sheung Heung (河上鄉)
** Yin Kong Tsuen (燕崗村)
** Kam Tsin Tsuen (金錢村)
** Ping Kong (丙崗)

==Shopping centres in Sheung Shui Town==
* Lung Fung Garden (龍豐花園)
* Metropolis Plaza (新都廣場)
* Sheung Shui Centre (上水中心)
* Sheung Shui Town Centre (上水名都)
* [[Landmark North]] (上水廣場)

==Community facilities in Sheung Shui Town==
[[Image:North District Park Lake 201207.jpg|thumb|North District Park]]
[[Image:Shek Wu Hui Municipal Service Building.jpg|thumb|Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building]]
* Lung Sum Avenue Sports Centre (龍琛路體育館)
* North District Park (北區公園)
* North District Sportsground (北區運動場)
* North District Town Hall (北區大會堂)
* Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building (石湖墟市政大廈)
* Shek Wu Hui Playground (石湖墟公園)
* Sheung Shui Public Library (上水公共圖書館)
* Sheung Shui Swimming Pool (上水游泳池)
* Tin Ping Sports Centre (天平體育館)

==Public services in Sheung Shui Town==
* [[North District Hospital]] (北區醫院)
* Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic (石湖墟賽馬會診所)
* Shek Wu Hui Post Office (石湖墟郵政局)
* Sheung Shui Fire Station (上水消防局)
* Sheung Shui Library

==Education==
Schools in Sheung Shui Town include:
* [[Hong Kong Taoist Association Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School]] (香港道教聯合會鄧顯紀念中學)
* [[Sheung Shui Government Secondary School]] (上水官立中學)
* [[Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors' College]] (東華三院甲寅年總理中學)

Sheung Shui is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 80. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in this net.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-80b.pdf|title=POA School Net 80|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-09-12}}</ref>

[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]] operates the Sheung Shui Public Library in the Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/north/library/sheung-shui.html|title=Sheung Shui Public Library|publisher=[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]]|access-date=2025-10-12}}</ref>

==Transport==
Sheung Shui Town and the rest of the Sheung Shui area is served by the [[Sheung Shui station]] of the [[East Rail line]] in the Sheung Shui's town centre. This line takes them into [[Kowloon]] within 40 minutes, and then onto surrounding areas through connections with other [[MTR]] lines.<ref>[http://www.mtr.com.hk Mass Transit Railway Hong Kong]</ref>

Many [[Kowloon Motor Bus|KMB]] routes and minibus routes serve Sheung Shui. Residents can take buses to other parts of [[North District, Hong Kong|North District]], western [[New Territories]] (including [[Yuen Long Town]], [[Tuen Mun]] new Town and [[Tsuen Wan]] new Town), [[Tai Po]] new Town, [[Sha Tin]] new Town, most parts of northern [[Hong Kong Island]], parts of Kowloon and the [[Hong Kong International Airport]]. The KMB bus terminus and the [[public light bus#Green minibuses|green minibus]] terminus are located by Landmark North in Sheung Shui Town. Also, a non-schedule [[public light bus#Red minibuses|red minibus]] terminus is located at San Hong Street in Sheung Shui Town.

Taxi ranks are located around the town, including outside the MTR station, Landmark North shopping centre and on side roads branching off of San Fung Avenue. Ma Sik Road is a road connecting Sheung Shui and Fanling in Hong Kong. It is an U-shaped road.

{{wide image|North District Sportsground.jpg|1000px|North District Sportsground}}
{{wide image|Sheung Shui.jpg|1000px|Junction between Sheung Shui Centre and North District Town Hall}}
{{wide image|Sheung Shui 6.jpg|1000px|Jockey Club Road in 2009}}
{{wide image|Sheung Shui 3.jpg|1000px|Jockey Club Road in 2009}}

== Cross-border activities ==
[[File:Parallel Traders in Sheung Shui.jpg|thumb|Parallel Traders outside [[Mannings]] in Landmark North]]
Due to their proximity to the Shenzhen border, towns in the northern parts of Hong Kong, notably Sheung Shui and Yuen Long, have become hubs for parallel traders who have been buying up large quantities of goods, forcing up local prices and disrupting the daily lives of local citizens.<ref>[https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E8%BF%91%E7%99%BE%E5%90%8D%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%8A%E6%B0%B4%E7%A4%BA%E5%A8%81%E4%B8%8D%E6%BB%BF%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0%E6%B0%B4%E8%B2%A8%E5%AE%A2-105000163.html "近百名人到上水示威不滿內地水貨客"]. now.com. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.</ref><ref>Ma, Mary (10 February 2015). [https://archive.today/20150311123405/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=49&art_id=154127&sid=43862683&con_type=1&d_str=20150210&isSearch=1&sear_year=2015 "Parallel lines of concern need fixing"]. ''The Standard''</ref> Since 2012, there has been a vertiginous increase in mainland [[Parallel trading in Hong Kong|parallel traders]] arriving in the [[North District, Hong Kong|North District]] of Hong Kong to re-export infant formula and household products &ndash; goods popular with mainlanders &ndash; across the border to Shenzhen.<ref>Jennifer, Ngo [https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1412052/milk-powder-supplies-still-not-meeting-needs "Milk powder supplies still not meeting needs"]. ''South China Morning Post''. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014</ref> Trafficking caused chronic local shortages of milk powder in Hong Kong, forcing the government to impose restrictions on the amount of milk powder exports from Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.customs.gov.hk/en/whats_new/API/index.html "Import and Export (General)(Amendment) Regulation 2013 ( with effect from 1 March 2013 ) – Quantity of Powdered Formula for Persons Departing from Hong Kong". "Customs and Excise Department-- The Government of Hong Kong Special Administration Region". 13 March 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014]</ref> 

The first anti-parallel trading protest was started at Sheung Shui in September 2012.<ref>Luk, Eddie (21 September 2012). [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=126697&sid=37708163&con_type=3&d_str=20120921&isSearch=1&sear_year=2012 "Seeing red (white and blue)"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150311123401/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=126697&sid=37708163&con_type=3&d_str=20120921&isSearch=1&sear_year=2012 |date=2015-03-11 }}. ''The Standard''</ref> As government efforts to limit the adverse impact of mainland trafficking were widely seen as inadequate, so there have been further [[Anti-parallel trading protests|subsequent protests]] in towns in the North District including Sheung Shui.<ref>Wong, Hilary; Cheng, Kevin (9 March 2015). [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=154988&sid=44036440&con_type=3&d_str=20150309&isSearch=1&sear_year=2015 "Targeting mainlanders ... young and old"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402173649/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=154988&sid=44036440&con_type=3&d_str=20150309&isSearch=1&sear_year=2015 |date=2015-04-02 }}. ''The Standard''</ref><ref name=20150309bloomberg>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-09/hong-kong-protests-against-day-trippers-as-china-eyes-action-i71kzgyi|title=Hong Kong Protests Against Day Trippers as China Eyes Action|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location = Sheung Shui (2005–2020)
|Jan high C = 	20.1
|Feb high C = 	21.0
|Mar high C = 	23.2
|Apr high C = 	26.7
|May high C = 	30.1
|Jun high C = 	31.8
|Jul high C = 	33.1
|Aug high C = 	32.9
|Sep high C = 	32.5
|Oct high C = 	30.0
|Nov high C = 	26.2
|Dec high C = 	21.6
|Jan mean C = 	15.4
|Feb mean C = 	16.8
|Mar mean C = 	19.3
|Apr mean C = 	22.8
|May mean C = 	26.3
|Jun mean C = 	28.1
|Jul mean C = 	28.9
|Aug mean C = 	28.5
|Sep mean C = 	27.9
|Oct mean C = 	25.4
|Nov mean C = 	21.6
|Dec mean C = 	16.8
|Jan low C = 	12.2
|Feb low C = 	13.9
|Mar low C = 	16.4
|Apr low C = 	19.9
|May low C = 	23.6
|Jun low C = 	25.5
|Jul low C = 	25.9
|Aug low C = 	25.5
|Sep low C = 	24.9
|Oct low C = 	22.3
|Nov low C = 	18.5
|Dec low C = 	13.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	37.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 	29.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 	67.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 	141.6
|May precipitation mm = 	286.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 	415.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 	320.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 	364.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 	232.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 	88.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 	39.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 	26.5
|Jan humidity = 	73.1
|Feb humidity = 	76.6
|Mar humidity = 	79.0
|Apr humidity = 	80.5
|May humidity = 	81.7
|Jun humidity = 	83.6
|Jul humidity = 	81.7
|Aug humidity = 	82.8
|Sep humidity = 	79.4
|Oct humidity = 	73.3
|Nov humidity = 	73.4
|Dec humidity = 	68.7
|source 1 = [[Hong Kong Observatory]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/cis/awsMonthlyElement.htm?stn=SSH&ele=TEMP
| title = Monthly Data for Single Element
| publisher = Hong Kong Observatory
| access-date = 5 April 2024
}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
*[[Fanling]]
*[[Long Valley, Hong Kong|Long Valley]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*2007. ''2007 Hong Kong Map''. [[Easy Finder|Easy Finder Ltd]]. {{ISBN|962-8751-15-8}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Sheung Shui}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312184047/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north_d/text_english/dchighlights.htm Sheung Shui, North District]
*[http://www.frommers.com/destinations/hongkong/0078034526.html A review of Sheung Shui]
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