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Annex E Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai Facade of the main building, with Shiwan ceramic figurines on the ridge made by Junyudian (均玉店) in 1907, and granite architrave with inscribed characters “玉虛宮” written by Zhang Yutang (張玉堂) in 1862 Front elevation

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Page 1: Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai · Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai . Facade of the main building, with Shiwan ceramic figurines on the ridge made by Junyudian (均玉店)

Annex E

Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai

Facade of the main building, with Shiwan ceramic figurines on the ridge made by Junyudian (均玉店) in 1907, and granite architrave

with inscribed characters “玉虛宮” written by Zhang Yutang (張玉堂) in 1862

Front elevation

Page 2: Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai · Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai . Facade of the main building, with Shiwan ceramic figurines on the ridge made by Junyudian (均玉店)

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The inscribed characters denoting communal hall (公所) and school (書院) on the granite architraves of the main entrances of the left and right side buildings respectively

Inscriptions on the ridge purlin of the entrance hall marking

the 2nd year of the Tongzhi (同治) reign (1863) of the Qing dynasty

Page 3: Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai · Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai . Facade of the main building, with Shiwan ceramic figurines on the ridge made by Junyudian (均玉店)

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The bronze statue of Pak Tai and the inscribed plaque “德煥辰居” in the covered courtyard

Pak Tai and the other deities worshipped in the rear hall

Page 4: Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai · Yuk Hui Temple, Lung On Street, Wan Chai . Facade of the main building, with Shiwan ceramic figurines on the ridge made by Junyudian (均玉店)

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Taoist rituals performed in the rear hall during the Pak Tai Festival (北帝誕) in 2019