Organizational evolution of Dujia ancestral hall

Dujia Ancestral Temple is located in Group 2, Shichuan Village, Hualong Township, 42 kilometers away from Wangcang County. The main building of the ancient temple faces south and covers an area of about 800 square meters. It is a quadrangle with a barrel structure. Ancient temples include mountain gates, theaters, wings, patios, main halls, etc. There are 30 rooms. There are four giant brick carvings on the east and west sides of the main entrance, the two on the west are "the picture of Dongliu Huangxing group" and "the picture of pine birds", and the brick carvings on the east wall are "the picture of hundred birds" and "the whole picture of five virtues". According to experts, these four brick carvings are treasures in the Qing Dynasty, regardless of scale or skill. Its exquisite carving skills and immortal artistic value fully reflect the outstanding talents and artistic creativity of the working people in ancient China.

In the middle of the south is the main entrance of the main building of Dujia Ancestral Temple, and the painted door gods on the heavy wooden doors are as high as three meters. Stepping into the gate, a double-sided carved screen hollowed out on all sides separates the faintly visible courtyard scene. There are traditional themes such as "Hero Map", "Taishi Land" and "Fisherman Farming" carved on the screen, which are ingenious in conception and exquisite in carving. On the top of the screen door, six columns with sophisticated design set up a theater with eight diagrams on the top; Exquisite floral decorations on the theater building are absolutely exquisite. Carved patterns such as dragon, phoenix, lotus and plum are carved between the guardrails with a grid. The roof of the theater building is full of dragons and phoenixes, and the corners are tilted up, which is colorful. According to reports, at that time, every festival day, harvest day, Chinese New Year's Day and China Moving Day, the clan asked the troupe to sing in the ancestral temple, which was the usual practice.

The theater downstairs enters the patio through five steps. On the left and right sides of the patio are wings, with exquisite window grilles, heavy doors, painted patterns and many carved beams and painted buildings. Out of the wing, climb five steps about 1.2 meters high, which is the main hall of the ancestral hall "Juxian Hall", transparent and open. It is said that this is a place where people hold spring and autumn festivals or review the party.

The ancestral hall was founded in Guangxu 19 (AD 1893) and completed in 1900. Although more than one hundred years have passed, the architecture of this ancient temple is still well preserved. The building of this ancient temple is decorated with brick carving, wood carving, stone carving and other techniques skillfully, with a wide range of design themes, vivid modeling and exquisite carving skills, which embodies the essence of folk architectural decoration art and folk crafts in northern Sichuan. It is a treasure house of architectural techniques in the Qing Dynasty.