PING SHAN, HONG KONG -- Every Midautumn Festival, a colorful string of lanterns is hung over the front entrance of the Tang Ancestral Hall in this New Territories village. To celebrate, wooden tables ...

A significant portion of the Li Clan Ancestral Hall, known as the "First Ancestral Hall of Hakka," in East China's Fujian Province, collapsed after six hours of water saturation due to heavy rain in ...

The glazed roof ridges of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou stand as a masterpiece of architectural decoration in the Lingnan region (a region in southern China covering Guangdong, Guangxi, ...

It is a family ancestral hall for both Hu Fu and Hu Zongxian, two high-level officials who served in the Ming Dynasty. The hall was first built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and was later extensively ...

Hong Kong's oldest and some of the most historically significant temples are located in Tai Ping Shan. Pak Sing Ancestral Hall was built in 1856 to house ancestral tablets and store the corpses of ...

The Tang Ancestral Hall and adjoining land and buildings at Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long, will be declared historical buildings under the Antiquities & Monuments Ordinance from February 1, the Leisure & ...

The Xiaotang Mountain Guo Family Ancestral Hall (孝堂山郭氏墓石祠), also known as The Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine, or Xiaotang Mountain Guo Family Tomb Stone Ancestral Hall, is the earliest stone house ...

Photo taken on June 12, 2019 shows names of Red Army soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Huangsha village, Yeping Township of Ruijin City, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan) ...

TAXIA, China: Inside an ordinary ancestral shrine in a village in southern China, where locals pay respects to their forebears, hang photographs of two unusual figures: Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra ...

Jeongjeon Hall, the central building at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Jongmyo Shrine, on April 20 was reopened to the public after five years of renovation. From 2020, the Korea Heritage Service had ...

This ancient hall, which spans a total area of 1,564 square meters, was constructed 1,600 years ago. Since, it has undergone several renovations, first during the reign of Ming Dynasty emperor Jiajing ...