2010 Ancestral halls 白石吳氏宗祠

Our first ancestral settlement was at Yulongtan (Fish Dragon Beach 魚龍灘) along the Huanghua River (黃華江) in the northern part of Baishi (White Stone Town 白石鎮). This is a very nice flat area, about 30 min. motorcycle drive from my cousin's hilly Dawei Village (大圍村) in the eastern part of Baishi. The first ancestral hall was built at Poping Village (坡坪村) on the east side of the river with the clan's name Yanling Prefecture (堂號:延陵郡).

Inside the hall, it shows the name of the first ancestor: Ming-cong (明聰) with wife Liang (梁 family name). The name of his second son is Guang-hua (廣華) with wife Chen (陳 family name). For some reason, they built the 2nd ancestral hall for Guang-hua on the west side of the river at Yulongtan with his tomb on the hill at the back of the hall. I didn't get to enter the hall because they didn't have the key.


I am the tenth generation and I have shots of our family book at my cousin's house. My Grandfather is Hou-ling (厚齡) and Grandmother is Huang (黃 family name, I will ask my Huang cousin for details in future). Hou-ling's father is Ru-xun (儒勛). Ru-xun's father is Shang-kuan (上寬).
My father's official name is Ng Piew (吳標, mandarin: Wu Biao). English versions of our last name 吳 are: Woo, Ng, Wu. My mother's official name is Lau Tai (劉戴禧, mandarin: Liu Dai-xi). She said she was adopted from Xie (謝) family.