Quite a number of people arrived, more than thirty, all men, mostly from the younger generation.
The Shen Family has hundreds of direct lineage members, and these individuals are just a part of the family.
Ancestral rituals are an event that naturally occurs every year—once large every ten years, once small annual.
This year is a minor ritual, not needing many attendees, mainly convenient elders and some of the younger generation come to worship the ancestors, to let some youngsters know that the Shen Family originated here.
Indeed, the main value of an ancestral ritual is to let the younger generation acknowledge their heritage.
Otherwise, after several generations, Shen Family youngsters wouldn't know that there is such a place as the ancestral land.
