The difference between the grand ancestral hall and the ancestral hall

1, Grand Ancestral Hall: The Grand Ancestral Hall is a place where the Chinese people worship their ancestors. China's feudal society was based on loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness. As a symbol of the family, the Grand Ancestral Hall naturally occupies a very high position in people's minds.

2. ancestral temple (z! Ng cí): It can also be called ancestral hall, ancestral hall and ancestral hall. It is a place where Confucianism provides ancestral tablets, holds ancestor worship activities and engages in family activities. Folk architecture in family ancestral temple can be traced back to the Tang and Five Dynasties.

3. Summary: The Grand Ancestral Hall is a symbol of the family and a place for the Chinese nation to worship their ancestors. The ancestral temple is a place where Confucianism provides ancestral tablets, holds ancestor worship activities and engages in family activities.

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The architecture of the Grand Ancestral Hall:

Liukeng Ancestral Temple is the most exquisite building in Liukeng Village, especially the three archways in its front yard, which not only plays an important role in the landscape, but also has a strong sense of identity in the eyes of villagers.

In 2004, this magnificent ancestral temple was renovated in Jiangxi. The School of Architecture of Tsinghua University followed the general protection and renovation principle of "comprehensive protection, respect for history, restoration of style and focus", and made an all-round planning and design for the overall layout, road system, greening system, human landscape, archway and screen wall of this area, showing the original historical appearance of Liukeng Village as much as possible.

It is said that after the implementation of the plan, Liukeng may further become an important base for studying the history and folk customs of Jiangxi and even China.

The status of ancestral temple:

In the traditional Confucian culture of China, ancestral temple culture is a clan culture of surnames that cannot be underestimated. Due to the deep-rooted idea of carrying on the family line left over from feudal society, the Chinese nation has produced surname culture.

No country in the world has a surname culture that has lasted for thousands of years like China. Although during the Cultural Revolution, the destruction of capitalism hindered its development to some extent, and even met with severe criticism, as a clan culture and a tradition rooted in people's bone marrow, it still spread rapidly in China, and its incense continued. The most concrete aspect is ancestral temple culture.