Ng Chiu Ying
Ng Chiu Ying
An overseas Chinese in search of family root
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Ancestor worship at the ancestral hall took place during the Chung Yeung Festival
Ancestor worship at the ancestral hall took place during the Chung Yeung Festival
Ng Chiu Ying and his brothers and sisters all returned to Nga Tsin Wai for the Ng Clan Ancestral Hall’s group worship session during 2009’s Chung Yeung Festival -Provided by Ng Chiu Pang
Ancestor worship at the ancestral hall took place during the Chung Yeung Festival
Ng Chiu Ying and his brothers and sisters all returned to Nga Tsin Wai for the Ng Clan Ancestral Hall’s group worship session during 2009’s Chung Yeung Festival -Provided by Ng Chiu Pang
An immigrant in search of his ancestral roots
Influenced by his parents since childhood, Ng Chiu Ying had developed heartfelt affection with Nga Tsin Wai. Although he spent most of his youth in Happy Valley, he still regards the village as his spiritual home. He knew that his grandparents were born in Nga Tsin Wai which had a long history of 600 years. In recent years, Nga Tsin Wai was acquired by Cheung Kong Holdings (CKH) and the URA for redevelopment. This made Ng Chiu Ying feel sad and helpless. If his spiritual home could be preserved, he would be a very happy man. Even if the ancestral hall will be relocated in the future, Ng Chiu Ying says he will continue bringing his descendents to worship the ancestors there. After emigration, Ng Chiu Ying regularly returned to Hong Kong for ancestral worship mostly during Chung Yeung Festival. In recent years, Ng Chiu Ying was the member of his family who returned to Hong Kong most regularly. As a result, he became the contact person for his brothers. Ng Chiu Ying felt sad that in recent years the Nga Tsin Wai villagers had gradually dispersed living elsewhere and their interest in their village’s affairs was no longer as strong as before. Their concerns about their homeland were less than the fellow clansmen who had emigrated overseas. Chiu Ying related this situation to the history that the overseas Chinese were more enthusiastic than the local natives about their homeland when Dr Sun Yat Sen called for national revolution.