History
Sha Lo Wan was noted for its incense production during the Ming Dynasty.
Sha Lo Wan Tsuen was probably erected in the 18th century as a Ba Kong Temple (把港古廟) dedicated to Hung Shing was built by the villagers in 1774 at the northwest of the village close, to the seashore. Villagers were engaged in fishing and farming. The population was small reaching up to a few hundreds before the Second World War. Being close to the sea, the village was often attacked by pirates and bandits. In the late 1930s, it was occupied by a group of pirates for one year.
Tungsten was discovered in Sha Lo Wan, and its ore was quarried in the area in the 1950s, leading to a population increase, which reached 4,000 in 1971. The population has dropped again since the 1970s.
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