This a barber shop in the Cuiheng village.

This carpenter workshop most of the villagers agriculture tools etc was make in this carpenter shop.

The main hall of the Sun house.
One of the room was use to display a wedding room and items use for wedding etc.
The fire figthing engine and buckets use for fire fighting this is on the left side of the house courr yard.

Dr SUN YET SEN Family house

In front of the house.
One of the small room next to the kitchen.

1st of Janurary or New Year, all offer item are fruits and vegetables from the village .
The nine dishes offer for prayer during the Chinese New year.
Qing Ming festival where villages wnet to their ancestor tomb to offer the prayer and burning of paper money, house etc . In the modern time now, car, mobile phone, TV, DVD, etc.

Chinese Festivals CuiHeng village, Zhongshan, China

The most important festival for the Chinese is the Lunar New Year which is celebrated from day 1 to day 15. This Lunar New year season is celebrated throughout China but there are variations between North, Central and South China. Chinese throughout the world also celebrate lunar new year including those staying in the Western nations. IN Cuiheng village Zhongshan the birth place of Dr Sun Yet Sen nine Chinese festivals was the most important and it was celebrated by the whole village.
In the Chinese Folk Exibition there was a complete display of the 10 festivals celebrated and the type of dishes being prepare and use for the prayer.
1. 1st January Spring Festival.
2. New Year Festival (15 days)
3. Qing Ming
4. Baptism of Buddha 8th April
5. Duan Wu 5th May Dumpling
6. Qixi 7th 7trh month
8. Mid Autumn 15th August
9. Chong Yang 9th of September
10. Dong Zhi

Some of the houses all more than over 100 years old and some being converted for display. Dr Sun Yet Sen former old hpouse was inside before he return from overseas and built a new one in the early 1900 and the house was completed by 1913.

The hall of a house where it face the the main entrance door. The prayer altar are very high right to the top of the ceiling.

This table was place on the right side of the hall with another set of 3 Gods of Prosperty, Wealth and Longevity.

Just one of the many houses in Cuiheng village Zhongshan city the hoem village of Dr Sun Yet Sen.

The owner of this house was one the rich land lord with rice field and fruit orchard etc.It is quite a big house duirng those day at the village.

Another house with beatiful design on top of the door, unfortunately visitors are not allow to enter inside to take photo etc but could clearly inside the ha;ll and the rooms from window.

During the 1800 to 1900 at the peak there as over 300 houses in CuiHeng village make famous by Dr Sun Yet Sen the Father of China. Otherwise this Cuiheng village will become like any other villages in China make way for fast development. Many world famous president visit this Cuiheng village. I was told to built this memorial park maany houses make way for the park. However there still enough left for display.