A new edition in one volume of Hugh Baker's celebrated three volumes of Ancestral Images originally published in 1979, 1980 and 1981. The 120 articles and photographs explore everyday life, customs and rituals in Hong Kong's rural New Territories. Each mouthful is complete in itself, but together the articles amount to a substantial feast. They investigate religion, food, language, history, festivals, family, strange happenings and clan warfare. The book documents much that can no longer be found. But it also provides an understanding of a world which has not yet entirely disappeared, and which still forms the background for life in modern, urban Hong Kong.

休-贝克在1979年、1980年和1981年出版的三卷著名的《祖先的形象》的新版本，合为一卷。这120篇文章和照片探讨了香港新界农村的日常生活、习俗和仪式。每一口都是完整的，但这些文章加在一起就相当于一场丰盛的盛宴。他们调查了宗教、食物、语言、历史、节日、家庭、怪事和宗族战争。这本书记录了许多已经无法找到的东西。但它也提供了对一个尚未完全消失的世界的理解，而这个世界仍然构成了现代香港城市生活的背景。