The village was originally called San Hing Wai (新慶圍)[2]
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of San Wai was 487. The number of males was 215.[3]
Features
The Yeung Hau Temple of San Wai, also called the Sai Tau Miu (西頭廟; 'the western temple'),[4] was renovated in 1901. It serves as the social venue which plays the dual roles as a temple and an ancestral hall of San Wai. Basin meal feasts are organized in front of the Temple during Yeung Hau Festival and Lunar New Year.[5]
Shi Wang Study Hall (士宏書室), also transliterated as Sze Wang Study Hall.
