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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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