Liu Dan. / Thesis submitted in: December 2000. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-171). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / List of illustrations --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction: Research Issues and Literature Review --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Questions Raised and Their Significance --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Review of the Study on Ancestral Hall --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Thesis Goal and Research Method --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4 --- Content of the Thesis --- p.21 / Chapter 1.5 --- Research Discoveries and References Concerned with Liukeng --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Liukeng Village and Its Ancestral Halls --- p.26 / Chapter 2.1 --- A Brief Introduction of Liukeng Village --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Ancestral Halls in Liukeng Village in Different Historic Periods --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Construction of Ancestral Halls in the Context of Social Development in Various Historical Periods --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter3 --- Architectural Character of Ancestral Hall and Its Cause --- p.59 / Chapter 3.1 --- Architectural Form of Ancestral Halls --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Reason for the Variety of Architectural Forms --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Zhuanci (Personal Sacrificial Hall) --- p.95 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Tradition of Building Zhuanci --- p.95 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Function of Zhuanxi and Its Association with Residential Buildings 一 Integrated Architectural Complexes --- p.104 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Changes of the Function of the Complex --- p.112 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Ancestral Hall and Sublineage Living Units --- p.118 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- The Functional Shift of Ancestral Hall 226}0ؤ Ancestral Halls Used as Dwellings --- p.126 / Chapter 6.1 --- Rooms in Ancestral Hall --- p.126 / Chapter 6.2 --- "The Phenomenon ""Ancestral Halls Used as Dwellings"" from mid-Qing to the Republican Period" --- p.132 / Chapter 6.3 --- A Survey of the Residential Functions of Ancestral Hall --- p.137 / Chapter 6.4 --- The Behavioral Setting of Ancestral Hall --- p.145 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.151 / Appendix --- p.156 / Bibliography --- p.162