"Fallen Leaves Returning to their Roots: Bone Repatriation Service of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Preservation of its Cultural Heritage" Virtual Exhibition

Organised by: Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

In association with: Hong Kong Museum of History

Date: 12 June to 19 August 2024

Venue: Main Lobby, 1/F, Hong Kong Museum of History

100 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui

Beginning with its pioneering Tung Wah Hospital, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals had provided service for the deceased since its founding in 1870 in accordance with the law. Besides free coffins and assistance in burials, Tung Wah’s bone repatriation service helped hundreds of thousands of Chinese people who died overseas return to their roots. The service has transcended clan and geographical boundaries, and showed respect for the deceased – a core value of Chinese funeral and burial traditions. Today, Tung Wah Coffin Home and the extensive collection of invaluable relics and historical records related to the bone repatriation service are testimonies to Tung Wah and Hong Kong’s role as a global hub in bone repatriation for Chinese people around the world. Through this exhibition, it is hoped to share the relevant cultural heritage with younger generations and pass on the humanistic spirit of the bone repatriation service.

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In addition, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals had organised the "Fallen Leaves Returning to their Roots: Bone Repatriation Service of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Preservation of its Cultural Heritage" Symposium at the Hong Kong Museum of History from 22 to 23 March 2024, hoping to facilitate exchanges among experts and scholars in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas countries and to offer them a platform to share their current research findings related to Tung Wah’s bone repatriation service.

To view the full content of the Symposium, please visit:

https://tungwahsymposium.etnet.com.hk/