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By SPARKS

The Kun Ting Study Hall
This was situated in Hang Mei Tsuen in Ping Shan, which was built in 1870. It provided facilities for both ancestral worship and education for the villagers like me. He mentioned that the study hall is a two-hall building with a courtyard. Moreover, we all thought that the design inside was so amazing when he showed the hall to us. The glamorous design of the ancestral altar, wall paintings, ridge decorations and eave boards inside the hall were so exquisitely built in the traditional Chinese style.

Ching Shu Hin
As we saw, the Ching Shu Hin adjoins the Kun Ting Study Hall, and was served as a guesthouse for prominent visitors and scholars in the past. It was a L-shaped, two-storey building. In the past, it was originally not known by a particular name, but this building was then called Ching Shu Hin which referred to a chamber on the ground floor. Because it was used as a guesthouse, Ching Shu Hin was richly embellished. The whole building was decorated with carved panels, patterned grilles, carved brackets and plaster mouldings. From these decorations, we can tell that the life of the villagers were affluent.

For us, the Tangs living in Ping Shan, every year five days before the Ching Ming Festival, we would visit the Tang seventeenth, Tang York Hui and his mother. In the morning, we would first go to Lung Kwu Tan and prepare for the memorial ceremony. The leading person would lead us and start doing the worship. For the sacrificial offerings, we usually have a raw pig, five cups of tea and alcohol, five bowls of rice and soup and some fresh fruits to show our respect.

SCHOOL: Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School

TEAM
Leader: Joyce Tsui Wing-Hoi
Lily Fong, 4D, writer, photographer
Joanne Cheng Hin-Lam, 4D, writer
Jackie Lau Chung-Kei, 4A, writer, editor
Teacher in charge: Mr. Wong