The significance of ancestral temple lies in that in real life, ancestral temple is sacred and inviolable in the eyes of many people. Solemn and solemn, there are some sayings about the existence of ancestral halls in geomantic omen. Then let's share the meaning of the ancestral temple with you.
The significance of the ancestral temple 1 As a cultural relic building, the ancestral temple bears a lot of information about history, humanities, science, art, architecture, folk customs and so on, and is an important part of China's precious historical relics.
In recent decades, more and more attention has been paid to the cultural relics value of ancestral temples, which have been listed as cultural relics protection units at all levels in the country and provinces and cities, and have become a rapidly increasing cultural relics protection unit.
On the walls of many ancestral temples, there are often plaques of "family instructions", "family rules" and "family laws", which contain China's traditional ethics with "loyalty and filial piety" as the core.
Some of these feudal thoughts, such as "the monarch and his son" and "three obedience and four virtues", belong to the feudal dross that we need to criticize, but some contents, such as respecting the elderly, filial piety, friendship and brother, respecting teachers, being close to neighbors, respecting frugality, being widowed, abstaining from prostitution and extravagant gambling, contain the traditional virtues formed by the Chinese nation for thousands of years and form "today"
Cultural significance of ancestral temple
The ancestral temple is not only a bond to maintain the blood relationship between overseas villagers and local people, but also an important carrier for villagers and all future generations to understand the ancestral temple culture and the development history of local culture.
The ancestral hall can be said to be a folk museum and a history of family changes. The traditional China people's feelings for ancestral temples are simple and cannot be restrained and separated. Undoubtedly, the ancestral temple is a sacred place for blood sacrifice in the hearts of traditional China people, and a place for the soul to convert.
It is the blood of the clan and the symbol of its rise and fall. Rich families enjoy four seasons of offering incense; Declining clans, ancestral halls were destroyed and incense was cut off. It takes blood as the cornerstone, family ties as the link, and crosses a long time tunnel, so that future generations can keep in touch with their ancestors' hearts.
In the clan relationship with blood as the coordinate, the ancestral hall is the connection point between respecting ancestors and respecting ancestors. Seeing the ancestral temple, I also learned the true meaning of clan culture.
Cultural value of ancestral temple
Behind every ancestral temple, there are many generations of feelings. This emotion lasts for a long time and extends into a culture, a profound Chinese culture.
Family culture is the manifestation of ancestral temple culture in China. Family culture is a small family culture when it is reduced, and a national culture when it is enlarged. Ancestral temple is the fulcrum of family culture, and its functions of respecting ancestors, respecting the sun, educating future generations and rallying people's hearts coincide with the construction of a harmonious society. Family harmony leads to national harmony, and national prosperity leads to national prosperity. The ancestral teachings and clan rules in the ancestral hall teach people to be kind and patriotic, which is the inheritance of the eternal historical and cultural values of the motherland and the nation.
Traditional custom culture of ancestral temple
In the ancient feudal society of China, the concept of family was quite profound. Often one family or several families live in a village, and more temples are built to worship their ancestors.
The name "ancestral hall" first appeared in the Han Dynasty, when ancestral halls were built in tombs, which were called tombs. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu's Family Rites established the ancestral hall system, and from then on, he called his family temple the ancestral hall. At that time, there was a hierarchical restriction on the construction of ancestral temples, and people were not allowed to set up ancestral temples. During Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, "many people entered the ancestral temple", but later when they became emperors or marquis, they were called "home temples", and the rest were called ancestral temples.
Besides offering sacrifices to ancestors, ancestral temples have many uses. The ancestral hall is also the place where the patriarch exercises clan rights. Anyone who violates the clan rules is educated here until he is expelled from the ancestral hall, so it can also be said to be a court of feudal morality.
Ancestral temples can also be used as social places for families; Some ancestral temples have affiliated schools, where children of ethnic minorities go to school.
Because of this, ancestral temple buildings are generally larger and of better quality than residential buildings. The more powerful and wealthy families, the more exquisite their ancestral halls are. The tall hall, exquisite carvings and excellent materials have become the symbol of this family's glory.
Most ancestral temples have hall numbers, written by calligraphers with ethnic or foreign surnames, and made into gold plaques to be hung in the main hall, along with other plaques such as the origin of surnames, ethnic glory, and female chastity. The exquisite one is also equipped with couplets. If it is sealed by the emperor, you can make a "straight plaque". The specifications and quantity of plaques in the ancestral hall are the capital that the people show off.
Some ancestral halls have flagpole stones in front of them, indicating that the people have won fame.
Generally speaking, ancestral halls have surnames and shrines. In the old society, clan rules were very strict, not to mention foreign surnames, that is, women or underage children in the clan were not allowed to enter without authorization, otherwise they would be severely punished.
Tracing back to the historical evolution, after liberation, especially the unprecedented movement in the 1960s, the old ancestral halls in rural areas were basically demolished or converted into office buildings. Ancestor ranking, including some' genealogy' hidden in it, was burned down, and later generations did not know why the ancestral temple was used and what it was used for everywhere.
Ancestral temples have different specifications. Three-in five-bay, white walls and blue tiles, cornices and corners. There is also a large plaque with three entrances and multiple bays, covering an area of tens of acres. On both sides of the door, there are limestone drums carved with mascots such as dragons, tigers and unicorns. Most of the high-standard ancestral halls are made of wood, with exquisite wood carvings and lifelike. The gables made of monochromatic blue bricks are magnificent, hundreds of meters long and nearly 6 meters high. There is no trace of the invasion of time, and the nails on the wall are clearly visible. The stone carving above the side door of the wall "Purple gas comes from the east" is fluent and eye-catching.
The ancients who built the ancestral temple were good at fighting fires, and there were ponds and other supporting buildings on the empty square of the ancestral temple.
Cultural Protection of Ancestral Temple
Although the old ancestral temple is "expensive" as a cultural relic, unless necessary protection measures are taken, specific opinions or suggestions are put forward, and certain protection funds are allocated for repair, it is useless to keep the protection work in words with no substantive "content".
Now most ancestral halls are in disrepair. Some towns, streets and families with surnames vigorously organized the construction or reconstruction of ancestral halls, which changed or even destroyed the style and characteristics of the old ancestral halls to some extent.
At present, the characteristics of the old ancestral temples distributed in rural areas and some ancient ancestral temples built in Ming and Qing Dynasties should be valued by the local rural culture, which is a cultural protection heritage with great historical significance.
It is called for protecting the original features of the old ancestral temple when it is rebuilt and rebuilt. The good things left by our ancestors are indispensable, which is the embodiment of their historical value and the precious legacy left by our ancestors. As future generations, we must do everything possible to protect it, which is a glorious responsibility entrusted by history.
The significance of ancestral temple lies in its two functions.
(1) Since the ancestral hall is a place where ancestors and gods live together, offering sacrifices to ancestors is the main function of the ancestral hall. Every spring and autumn, the whole family get together and get together in the same room, presided over by the patriarch or son as a sacrifice. When Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the grave, he first went to the ancestral temple to offer sacrifices to the gods, and then went to various cemeteries to offer sacrifices.
(2) Another important function of ancestral hall is to collect and compile genealogy. Genealogy is a special historical record that records the kinship, seniority, family rules, family law and genealogy of this clan in the form of biographies, records and charts. In order to be mastered and followed by people with their own surnames.
(3) The educational function of ancestral halls. In the ancestral hall, the public land donated by the clan has a function of aiding students, rewarding students or setting up voluntary schools and schools. It is also a great event to honor our ancestors and improve the reputation of the whole family through reading.
(4) The ancestral hall is also a classroom for preaching learning and teaching etiquette. Before the sacrificial ceremony began, there was a special person in the ancestral hall to "read music" to the people, tell the history of ancestors' difficult entrepreneurship, read family rules and regulations regularly, preach and exhort, and quote quotations from sages.
(5) The ancestral hall is also a place to discuss clan affairs. When the clan has a major revolution, people who are closely related to the whole clan, such as electing clan leaders, building churches, maintaining family changes, buying huge clan property, and litigating with neighbors, etc. , are convened by clan leaders in the ancestral temple to discuss.
(6) The ancestral hall is also a family court. If family law is family law. Then family law is also a supplement to feudal state law. The patriarch is a family judge and can enforce family laws in the ancestral hall. The civil and criminal cases that violate the family law judged by Ke Tangli, or those that violate the family law recognized by the patriarch, shall be punished from the public.
(7) Other, whenever the clan has customs, festivals or major festive activities, the ancestral hall is also a place for the whole clan to celebrate or entertain. Larger ancestral halls usually have stage buildings. The play is not only sung for ancestors, but also performed for men, women and children in the clan.
What is the significance of ancestral temple? What is the function of ancestral temple?
Ancestral temple refers to the place where people worship their ancestors or sages. In addition to the purpose of "ancestor worship", grandsons of various families generally use these wide ancestral halls as venues for activities when organizing weddings, funerals, and birthdays. In ancient times, the concept of home was quite profound. Often a village is inhabited by a surname or several families, and they all build their own temples to worship their ancestors.
Function of ancestral temple
Ancestral temples are mainly used for offering sacrifices to ancestors, in addition, they are also used as places for weddings, funerals, longevity and happiness of grandchildren.
Ancestral temples have many uses. In addition to the purpose of "ancestor worship", grandsons of various families generally use these wide ancestral halls as venues for activities when organizing weddings, funerals, and birthdays. In addition, the clansmen sometimes use the ancestral hall as a meeting place to discuss important affairs within the clan.
In ancient Confucian ethics in China, the concept of family is quite profound. Often one family or several families live in a village, and more temples are built to worship their ancestors.
Ancestral temples often appear in Japan. This kind of family temple is generally called "ancestral hall", which is divided into ancestral hall, branch temple and family temple. The name "ancestral hall" first appeared in the Han Dynasty, when ancestral halls were built in tombs, which were called tombs. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu's Family Rites established the ancestral hall system, and from then on, he called his family temple the ancestral hall.