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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1990
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ONLY A FEW SIMILAR HALLS STILL EXIST IN SOUTH CHINA.
SHAN DURING (1821-1850) ΤΟ TANG KUN-TING, WHO WAS
THE STUDY HALL WAS BUILT BY THE TANG CLAN OF PING THE REIGN OF THE DAOGUANG EMPEROR OF THE QING DYNASTY COMMEMORATE THEIR FIRST GENERATION ANCESTOR, AT THAT TIME A WEALTHY AND PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE CLAN.
THE CLAN IS ONE OF THE
TERRITORY.
LONGEST
ESTABLISHED
IN FAMILIES
THE
TERRITORIES, THE HALL
WAS
LIKE OTHER STUDY HALLS IN THE NEW
TO STUDY FOR A DEGREE IN THE DESIGNED FOR THE YOUTH OF THE CLAN IMPERIAL CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION OF THE QING GOVERNMENT.
THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED IN
STUDDED IS WITH ADJOINING WINGS. IT PANELS AND MURALS.
THE VENUE FOR HOLDING BUT, UNLIKE OTHERS, THE HALL WAS ALSO BANQUETS AND THE TABLETS OF ANCESTORS WERE ALSO PLACED THERE.
THE TRADITIONAL TWO-HALL STYLE, WITH SUPERB TIMBER CARVINGS,
THERE IS ALSO AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF KEPT IN THE MAIN HALL.
GRADUATION
BANNERS
WAS USED
CONNECTED TO THE STUDY HALL IS A LARGE KITCHEN WHICH FOR THE PREPARATION OF BANQUETS FOR GUESTS AND IMPORTANT OFFICIALS.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ANTIQUITIES
THE RESTORATION WORK
TO IS
BE CARRIED OUT
AND MONUMENTS OFFICE, BY THE ARCHITECTURAL HAS BEEN DONATED
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT A COST OF $2 MILLION, WHICH BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THE RESTORATION WORK MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
BEGAN LAST MONTH AND WILL TAKE
NINE
EFFORTS
FULL REPAIRS WILL BE DONE TO THE BADLY
TO BEING MADE SPECJAL WITH CARVINGS, DOOR PANELLING, AND ALTARS.
RESTORE
DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE,
THE DAMAGED TIMBER
IN
NEEDED GREAT CARE 19
THE PERSERVING
DECORATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE MURALS DEPICTING BATTLE SCENES AND FEATS OF HEROISM, KUN-TING TOOK A KEEN INTEREST IN THE TEACHING OF MARTIAL ARTS.
AS
TANG
THE STUDY HALL WILL NOT ANOTHER 15 YEARS.
BE DEMOLISHED OR BE CONVERTED
FOR
ON COMPLETION OF THE RESTORATION WORK, THE HALL MAY FOR DISPLAY, PERHAPS AS A MUSEUM OF MARTIAL ARTS TO WHICH WILL HAVE ACCESS.
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