Cheung Ancestral Hall, Shan Ha Tsuen, Ancestral hall in Shan Ha Tsuen, Hong Kong.
Cheung Ancestral Hall (Huafeng Tang) is a two-hall, three-bay green-brick building in Shan Ha Tsuen, with a central courtyard and side chambers. Its main door bears a gold-lettered plaque reading "Zhang Ancestral Hall" and a couplet by Nanhai's Chen Jingshu. The rear hall holds the ancestral altar, with Zhang Jiuling's tablet on the top tier.
The structure was built in 1815 through the initiative of four Cheung family members as a place for worship and gathering. It later served as a classroom space for family descendants during the mid-20th century.
The hall's tanghao, Huafengtang, gives the building its second name. In the rear bay, the top tier of the altar holds the spirit tablet of Zhang Jiuling, a Tang dynasty chancellor, whom Cheung families of Shan Ha Tsuen and Dongguan honour as their distant ancestor. Two side halls keep plaques: one from the 11th year of Xianfeng reading "Zhishang Huan Hualing", and a "Wu Kui" (military laureate) plaque from the Xinyou examination.
The building is maintained as a protected monument by the cultural authorities and can be visited during opening hours. It is easily accessible on foot and sits within a traditional village setting with other historic buildings nearby.
The gold-lettered name plaque above the door is not the only inscription: outside the main door hang couplets by Chen Jingshu of Nanhai reading "Hua Min Ai Guo Ti, Feng Jue Zhen Jia Sheng". Inside, side halls keep a Xianfeng-era plaque "Zhishang Huan Hualing" and one marking the Xin You examination's "Wu Kui" (military champion).
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