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There were no ancestral portraits hanging here, but rather a collection of ancestral tablets arrayed in their place.
These had been relocated from the small ancestral hall atop Xiao Feng Mountain, their number slightly abundant.
The ancestral portraits were hung in another hall and were not within the incense hall.
The master of ceremonies chanted the liturgy, reciting the sacrificial text.
After the sacrificial offerings were arranged, a series of procedures such as lighting candles and incense were completed by the clanspeople of the Feng Family from Yang City.
Following the order of age and seniority, members of the clan offered incense in turn, then together the entire clan bowed deeply to their ancestors, kneeling in homage.
Feng Yi was not among them.
Watching the ceremony, the relatives observed the whole Feng Family from Yang City collectively performing the rites, then glanced at Feng Yi, who stood apart, each with their own thoughts.