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Brief introduction of Lushi ancestral hall

Ancestral temples are places where Han people worship their ancestors or sages. Han ancestral halls 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. Lushi is the 42nd most popular surname in China today. The population is about 24.68 million, accounting for 0.47% of the Han population in China. According to historical records, the origin of Lu's surname is "Jiang Ziya's descendant Zi Gao was sealed in Lu", "descendant Sun was sealed in Lu" and "changed his surname to Lu". Descendants of Lu gradually migrated in Lu, forming clan-inhabited areas all over the country, and establishing ancestral temples to worship ancestors. In China, the Lushi Ancestral Hall is preserved in Ruian, Zhejiang, Dongguan, Hebei, Zhuozhou, Henan, Jiaozuo and other places. The ancestral hall records the family's glory and tradition, and it is the temple of the family. As a symbol and symbol of the long history and traditional culture of the Han nationality, it has unparalleled influence and historical value.