Tai Po was called "big step" in ancient times, and it was not called "Tai Po" until Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. China's historical records about Tai Po can be traced back to the Southern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. In the sixth year of Dabao (963), Liu Ti, the owner of Houzhu, recruited 3,000 people to collect pearls in the "Dabuhai" (Tolo Port) and set up the "Capital of Mei Chuan". It was not until the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi (1695) that the pearl mining industry in Tai Po began to decline.

Clans in South China, such as Tang clan in Tai Po Tau, Wen clan in Daheng and Zhong clan in Lincun Town, have moved to Tai Po since the Song Dynasty. In the first year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1662), Tai Po District became a wasteland. In the eighth year of Kangxi (1669), the government approved the restoration of the border. In order to restore the economy, the imperial court encouraged foreigners to move into cultivated land, among which Hakka people from Jiangxi, Fujian, Huizhou, Chaozhou and Jiaying (now Meizhou) moved in the most, and built enclosed houses to live together.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the branch of lung yeuk tau Deng family went to the north of Lincun River in Tai Po, and established the "filial son Deng Shimeng Temple" on Jiao Ting Road behind Tianhou Palace today, in memory of his son Deng Shimeng. In the 11th year of Kangxi (1672), he applied to Xin 'an County to set up a city, and established a "Dabu Market" in the original site of the destroyed "filial son Deng Shimeng Temple". 1892, the Wen family of Taiheng Village united with seven nearby non-Tang villages to form "Taihang Yue, Lincun Yue, Maoyue, Zhangshu Yue, Fanling Yue", and stood as "Taihe City" across the river from Tai Po Market. In the 22nd year of Guangxu after Britain leased the New Territories (65438), Tai Po Market Railway Station was built in Taihe City on 19 13, and Taihe City gradually replaced Tai Po Market, so Taihe City was later called Tai Po Market, and the original Tai Po Market was renamed Tai Po Old Market.

In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), the Qing court signed the Special Provisions on Expanding the Border of Hong Kong with Britain. In April of the following year, British warships landed in Tai Po Sea and held a flag-raising ceremony to take over the New Territories. As Tai Po is the central area of the New Territories, the British regard it as the administrative center of the New Territories, and set up the People's Government Office, the police headquarters and the Heung Yee Kuk. The area managed by the NATO government in Tai Po includes Tai Po, North District, Yuen Long District, Tuen Mun District and Sha Tin District, but does not include the area west of Kowloon Reservoir and Sai Kung North (then South Covenant). 1948, Yuen Long District split from NATO; 1In the late 1970s, the government developed Shatin New Town, and Shatin District became an independent area. Finally, the North Zone became an independent zone at 1980.

According to the administrative divisions of Hong Kong, Tai Po District also includes Saigon North and tung ping chau near Huizhou.

Tai Po: Tai Po Kau, Tai Po Market, Tai Wo, Lam Tsuen, Ting Kok, Dameidu and Plover Cove.

Sai Kung North: north beach Au, Huangshi Pier, Hoi Ha Wan, Shi Si Town and Nai Chung.