Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
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Transcription
This clan temple is for ancestor worship chief. Here are deposited kin long rods green tablets bearing in gilt the names of deceased ancestors with their sines name. A few while some red tables were also seen which by these colors denote that the person is still living