The chamber to the right, on the other hand, is for the righteous members of the clan, one of whom is Tang Si-meng, a brave servant who saved the life of his master. The chamber to the left is dedicated to the ancestors who had made significant contributions to the clan or those who achieved high ranks in the imperial court. Their ancestral tablets were elaborately carved with dragon heads, which distinguished them from the others. The central chamber houses the ancestral tablets of the ancestors of the clan including the ancestral tablets of the Song princess and her husband Wai-Kap whose posthumous title was Fu Ma ( 附馬) Tang Wai-Kap (husband of a princess). The rear hall is divided into three chambers.
The "dong chung" is placed at the central hall. An annex, which serves as a kitchen is attached to the right of the building (eastern side). Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall is a three-hall building with two spacious internal courtyards. Until the mid-1990s, women were traditionally not allowed to enter the Ancestral Hall. From the 1940s to the 1950s, the Ancestral Hall was also used as a village school. The ancestral hall was built in 1525 in memory of the founding ancestor, Tang Chung Ling ( 鄧松嶺) (1303-1387), the sixth generation descendant of the clan.
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