Wang Pui Tsuen was originally one of the four villages in Shek Pik on Lantau Island. In 1957 the government decided to build a reservoir in Shek Pik Heung valley, Wang Pui Tsuen was then moved to the nearby Tai Long Wan.宏貝村原是大嶼山石壁鄉的其中一條村莊。1957年因興建大嶼山石壁水塘，政府將宏貝村村民遷移至大浪灣建立新村。