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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1991
AT
THE
CEREMONY MR 30
OF
SAID
HE
THR HOPED
TANG
THE
REHABILITATION OFFICIATING ANCESTRAL HALL AT PING SHAN, YUEN LONG, HERITAGE TRAIL COULD COME INTO BEING VERY SOON.
SHAN WAS
MR SO SAID PING
RICH IN BUILDING HERITAGE VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.
!
AND
HALL, HALL,
"HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN PING SHAN ARE NUMEROUS. IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN ANCESTRAL HALL. THERE ARE THE YU KIU YI KUNG ANCESTRAL SHING HIN KUNG STUDY HALL, KUN TING STUDY HALL, SHUT HING STUDY YEUK HUI STUDY HALL, TSUI SHING TEMPLE AND MANY OTHERS, HE SAID.
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ALSO OFFICIATING AT
LAU, HAU WONG TEMPLE, HUNG SHING
TODAY'S
WERE CEREMONY
THE
DIRECTOR OF
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR P.J. CORSER; AND THE HEAD OF THE PING SHAN TANG CLAN, MR TANG YUN-FOOK.
MR
A CERAMIC POT UNEARTHED DURING THE CEREMONY, MR SO RECEIVED DURING THE RESTORATION WORK ON PERMANENT LOAN TO THE GOVERNMENT BY TANG.
OF PING
A MAJOR RESTORATION TO THE CEREMONY MARKS THE COMPLETION OF THE TANG ANCESTRAL HALL, WHICH IS SOLELY FUNDED BY THE TANGS SHAN.
HANG MEI TSUEN OF PING SITUATED BETWEEN HANG TAU TSUEN AND SHAN, THE TANG ANCESTRAL HALL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ANCESTRAL HALLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND HAS A HISTORY OF NEARLY 700 YEARS.
FINEST THE
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. IT IS A MAGNIFICENT
THE HALL 19 ONE OF
TWO INTERNAL COURTYARDS.
EXAMPLES
OF OF THE TYPE THREE-HALL STRUCTURE WITH
TERRACES, EACH WITH TWO GRANITE AND
THE BUILDING IS FRONTED BY TWO DRUM
COLUMNS SUPPORTING THE ROOF. THE INNER COLUMN IS MADE OF THE OUTER ONE OF RED SANDSTONE.
ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHED FEATURES OF THE ANCESTRAL HALL IS THAT
IT HAS NO THRESHOLD AT THE ENTRANCE.
THAT THE ELEVATED RED PATHWAY IN THE FRONT COURTYARD INDICATES
RANKING POSITION IN THE QING A TANG CLANSMAN MIGHT ONCE HOLD HIGH IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.
THE
RECENT
RESTORATION
WORK
INCLUDED
RE-ROOFING,
RE-POSITIONING OF THE STONE COLUMNS, STONE-PAVING, WALL CLEANING OF THE CARVED WOODEN BRACKETS.
CONSTRUCTION ORIGINAL SKILLS EMPLOYED WITH A VIEW. TO HISTORIC ANCESTRAL HALL.
PAINTING AND
ARE MATERIALS
BRINGING
USED BACK THE
AND
TRADITIONAL
OF GLAMOUR
THE
THE
MILLION $4
RESTORATION WORK
WAS
EXECUTED
THE
OF
OF
THE
UNDER ASSISTANCE AND SUPERVISION OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH AND THE ANTIQUITIES SECTION ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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