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Chinese introduction to the offerings

Hallway of the eastern wing

The ancestral portrait. One pair of the couplets say: 'The brightness of the deep virtues of the ancestors will shine for one thousand years; The descendants continue to recompile the genealogies and thus their history will pass down to ten thousand…

Ancestral portrait and offerings. The style of such offerings is called 'arraging tall desserts for tea'. In the new year, the Lu family would hang their ancestral portraits in the hall and 'arrage tall desserts for tea' for the worship. The tall…

Overview of the gate

The eastern roof

The bracket on the left side of the hall

Stone carving on the left side of the gate

Inside the room. On the wall is a piece of calligraphy quoting from the 'Analects': 'To have friends come from afar, is that not also a joy?'