[Explanation] The pace of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox is approaching. More and more Taiwan compatriots working and living in Xiamen are responding to the call for the Chinese New Year. For the first time, more than a dozen Taiwan compatriots walked into Xiamen Jiangxia Hall before the Spring Festival to worship the ancestors in the countryside.

  [Explanation] In the alleys of Zhonghua Street, Siming District, Xiamen, there is an ancient building built in 1910-Jiangxia Hall, which was once the "Old Min Customs Site". There were tens of thousands of children of the Huang family in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. From here, I went to Taiwan and Nanyang to discuss life. Now Jiang Xiatang has become the home base of Huang's descendants back to the mainland.

  [Concurrent] Taiwan compatriot Huang Yunteng

  (Xiamen Jiangxia Hall) This is the ancestral hall in Taiwan, and the architectural style and furnishings of the temple in the village are the same. There is no strange feeling.

  [Concurrent] Huang Qizhang, Chairman of the Taiwanese Chamber of Private Association, Siming District, Xiamen

  Tiangong was also beautiful, and then (Jiang Xiatang) hung up the red light, feeling that he really felt like going home.

  [Explanation] Huang Qizhang, who belongs to the ox of the Chinese zodiac, came to Jiangxiatang to pay homage to ancestors for the first time before the Spring Festival. During the exchange of gifts, he received a painting "Pray for the Golden Bull" carefully prepared by the chairman of Jiangxiatang Huang Weihuang. Huang Qizhang felt the affection of blood thicker than water, and he hoped that more Taiwan compatriots would participate in the ancestral ceremonies in the future, recall the sages, and inherit the virtues.

  [Concurrent] Huang Qizhang, Chairman of the Taiwanese Chamber of Private Association, Siming District, Xiamen

  Fortunately, I returned to our Jiangxiatang this time. The activities organized by our Jiangxiatang made us even more (warm), including Taiwanese businessmen, Taiwan compatriots and even Taiwanese youths. We all hope that he will join in and bring our Huang family to Jiangxia. Either Tang, or other virtues of the Zong family, pass it on.

  [Explanation] Jiangxia Hall is different from other ancestral halls. There is no ancestor's tablet full of altars. There is only one general tablet dedicated to the ancestors of the Huang family.

As the chief priest of the day, Huang Weihuang, president of Xiamen Jiangxia Church, stated that during the Spring Festival, Jiangxiatang will arrange personnel on duty under the premise of preventing and controlling the epidemic, so that Taiwanese compatriots can respect their ancestors.

  [Concurrent] Huang Weihuang, President of Xiamen Jiangxia Church

  They (Taiwan compatriots) did not go back this year. We want to give him a safer and more pleasant life in Xiamen. During this Chinese New Year (period), our Jiangxiatang is on duty, and we will all receive it.

  [Explanation] It is reported that the ancient Huang surnamed family lived in Jiangxia County (the site is in Yunmeng County, Hubei Province), and the "Jiangxia Tang" has become one of the most popular Huang surnamed prefectures. Jiangxia Hall in Xiamen has experienced a century of vicissitudes Nowadays, it is not only a building, but also a link connecting the two sides of the Huang family.

  Li Siyuan, Qian Xiaoyun and Huang Jiayi report from Xiamen, Fujian

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]