The so-called "gathering wind and gas to get water is the best" is to put a large water tank in the ancestral hall. This is because people in China like Feng Shui. Put a water tank in the ancestral hall and fill it with water, which means to gather wealth and health, and it means to ward off evil spirits and fire.
There is only one main hall in an ordinary ancestral hall. There are four niches in the main hall. There are cabinets in the niches, and ancestral tablets (called "divine tablets") are placed in the cabinets. The four niches are high-ancestor, great-grandfather, ancestor and high (father) in turn, and a short long table is set in front of each niche to place sacrifices. Ancestors are immortal and always above the niche. In the sorting of ancestral temple Zhao Mu, father and son are always in different columns, and grandparents and grandchildren are always in the same column.
There are couplets and plaques in the ancestral hall, that is, couplets, which are usually hung on the pillars of the ancestral hall, so they are also called couplets. Generally speaking, couplets and plaques are very particular, and the words on them are often determined after repeated deliberation by the respected people of their own nationality, and the calligraphers of their own nationality are invited to write, which can achieve meticulous and unparalleled lacquer art, which fully embodies the cultural characteristics of their own nationality.
Moreover, in some ancestral temples, whenever a new person is added to the clan, red paper will be pasted on the pillars. To show that new people report to their ancestors first. On red paper, it says: XXX's eldest son (second son), whose name is XXX. But now, the ancestral tablets in the middle shrines of some ancestral temples in the south have been replaced by portraits of ancestors. Moreover, there is a symbol on the dragon wall of the ancestral temple, and most of the symbols say "Xuanwu Great God Town House in the North, Baihu Great God Town House in the West, Qinglong Great God Town House in the East, and Suzaku Great God Town House in the South". This sign is a mirror, a ruler, a pair of scissors, double happiness and other pictures cut out of tin foil for town houses.
On weekdays, there are people who lend their houses to live in the empty ancestral hall, and there are some coffins in the ancestral hall. When people die, they send incense ashes to temples. Those who go out to worship their ancestors and seek their roots must first go to the ancestral temple to worship, and then pack up the incense ashes from the ancestral temple to show that they don't forget their roots.