Interior of the hall for ancestors near Lyungwo. Shrine for the ancestors, insciption for the ancestors, and an altar in front. The carvings are all gilded and so are the names on the inscriptions and their borders.

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Title	Interior of the hall for ancestors near Lyungwo. Shrine for the ancestors, insciption for the ancestors, and an altar in front. The carvings are all gilded and so are the names on the inscriptions and their borders.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Inneres der Ahnenhalle bei Lyungwo. Ahnenschrein mit Ahnentafel & Altar davor. Die Schnitzereien sind alle vergoldet, ebenso die Namen auf den Tafeln & die Umrahmung derselben.
Subject (bmpixs)	altar ancestor worship ancestral hall candleholder Confucianism interior lamp ritual object tablet wood carving
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Heshuwan {place}; Longwo {place}
Coverage date	1904/1920
Photographer (bmpixn)	Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1904/1920
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 8.3 x 11.4 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m20001
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of official series	"China, Religion. Ancestor veneration. 7.a. Funeral processions, coffins, jars for gold, c. Graves, d. Halls for the ancestors, houses for souls.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	A-30.57.020
Same image reference number	QA-34.004.0030
References	impa-m32695
Rights	All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images -- both individuals and organisations -- to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Access conditions	Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Repository name	mission21
Repository address	mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+4161 260 23 09), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Repository email	info@bmpix.org
Filename	impa-abmpix-8090
Archival file	impa_Volume26/impa-abmpix-8090.tiff

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Interior of the hall for ancestors near Lyungwo. Shrine for the ancestors, insciption for the ancestors, and an altar in front. The carvings are all gilded and so are the names on the inscriptions and their borders.

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