Ping Shan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 屏山 (ping⁴ saan¹).

Proper noun

Ping Shan

1. An area in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 1991, Sally Rodwell, “Settlement by the British”, in Historic Hong Kong: A Visitor's Guide‎^[1], Hong Kong: Odyssey Guides, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 88–89:

     Three particularly interesting study libraries in the New Territories date from the 19th century. Of these, the Kun Ting study library at Ping Shan near Yuen Long is the best of its type in Hong Kong.

2. A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2016 November 1, Ellie Ng, “Gov’t allowed Wang Chau car park to keep illegally built entrance amid rural resistance – report”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[2], archived from the original on 22 August 2023, Hong Kong:

     The road fences were removed six years ago to give trucks access to a one-acre car park, located near Fung Chi Village in Yuen Long. The majority of the land on which the car park operates is managed by Ping Shan Rural Committee Vice-chairman Tang Tat-sin.

   • 2023 August 28, Ashlyn Chak, “5 Hong Kong ghost stories and creepy tales, from the phantom of Bride’s Pool to the girl on the tracks at Yau Ma Tei MTR station”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 27, 2023, Arts & Culture‎^[4]:

     The former Tat Tak School in Ping Shan was founded in 1931 as one of the New Territories’ first educational institutions, and the site has been the source of some of Hong Kong’s oldest ghost stories.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 屏山 (ping⁴ saan¹)

rural committee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 屏山鄉事委員會 / 屏山乡事委员会 (ping⁴ saan¹ hoeng¹ si⁶ wai² jyun⁴ wui^6-2)