A mining blast devastated a historic ancestral hall in southern China.

Dramatic video filmed in Huizhou City in Guangdong Province on February 25, shows a deluge of rocks of varying sizes tumbling down from a mountaintop, engulfing a grey building at the foothills in dust and debris.

The ancestral hall suffered severe structural damage, with its courtyard strewn with rubble and its walls bearing gaping holes from the impact of the falling boulders.

Mr. Deng, a resident of Dawei Village in Longmen County, revealed on February 26 that the ravaged structure seen in the footage belonged to the Deng family, a site frequented by villagers for worship and ceremonies.

Officials from the Pingling Street Office of Longmen County confirmed no casualties in the incident, with local emergency services and law enforcement swiftly dispatched to manage the situation on-site.

Records indicate that reconstruction of the Deng family ancestral hall began on April 12, 2016, at a cost exceeding 1.8 million yuan (£200,000) and spanned over a year. Yinhai Mining Co., Ltd., established on January 19, 2006, operates within the retail sector, specialising in the extraction, crushing, and sale of limestone.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

2月25日，广东惠州，龙门县银海矿业有限公司在山顶爆破，大量石块坠落，本地一宗祠被砸坏。目击村民拍摄的视频显示，随着一声巨响，大小不一的碎石接连从山体顶部向下滚落，位于山脚下的一栋灰色建筑房屋随即被淹没在一片烟尘中。爆破过后，宗祠房屋受损严重，院内外遍地碎石，墙壁也被坠落的巨石砸出了一个大洞。
26日，龙门县大围村村民邓先生表示，视频中被砸的房屋是该村的邓氏祠堂，村民常去祭祀。龙门县平陵街道办事处工作人员称，该事件并未造成人员伤亡，当地应急和公安已赶赴现场进行处置。
资料显示，邓氏祠堂于2016年4月12日动工翻修重建，耗资180多万元，历时一年多。银海矿业成立于2006年1月19日，所属行业为零售业，经营范围包含：露天开采、破碎和销售石灰岩。