Ng Clan Temple Board
Date Published
: Traditional
: Scattered Legacy
Ng Clan Temple board, Victoria
Ng Clan Temple Board presented to a Joss House in 1868. It is not clear which Joss House.
Central
忠義昭垂
May loyalty and righteousness shine forth and endure through the generations.
Alternative: Loyalty and righteousness, made manifest and hung down through all generations
Right
同治戊辰季冬北旦立
Erected on an auspicious day in the final month of winter of the Wuchen year of the Tongzhi reign. (1868)
Alternative: Raised at the northern dawn of late winter, in the seventh year of Tongzhi's reign
Left
沐恩弟子伍安定堂仝敬
Respectfully dedicated collectively by the disciples blessed by divine grace, Ng On Ding Tong.
Alternative: Your disciples, bathed in grace, of the Ng On Ding Tong Hall, present this with one heart
Bottom left
Two square red carver/donator seal chops (double seals) that cannot be read.
Note:
忠義 (Zung Yi): Loyalty and Righteousness—the core virtues dedicated to Guan Yu (Guan Di / 武聖), making this plaque probably an altar piece for a Guan Di Temple.
仝 (Tung): Cantonese variant/shorthand for 同 (tung, meaning "together" / "jointly").
伍安定堂 – a specific clan – “Ng” association
