The purpose of patriarchal clan system is not to disperse or weaken the political privileges, titles and property rights of slave owners and nobles, but also to maintain the order within the ruling class and strengthen the rule over slaves and civilians. Patriarchal system has a great influence on later generations, and its core is direct inheritance system, that is, the eldest son born to his wife is the legal heir to the throne.
The ancestral hall is the ancestral hall of the ancient emperor of China. Ancestral temples were called "Stone Chambers" in Xia Dynasty, "Worship of Wu" in Shang Dynasty, "Tang Ming" in Zhou Dynasty and "Imperial Temple" in Qin and Han Dynasties. The earliest ancestral temple was only a place to worship the ancestors of the emperor. Later, with the approval of the emperor, the gods of the queen and heroes can also be enshrined in the ancestral hall.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ancestral temple was the place where emperors offered sacrifices to their ancestors, and it was also the highest place to show the ancient ritual civilization of China. Simply put: "Royal Ancestral Temple".
The ancestral temple is a place where China people worship their ancestors or sages. Ancestral temples have many uses, mainly for offering sacrifices to ancestors. In addition, they are also used as places for weddings, funerals, and the longevity and happiness of grandchildren of various houses. It is worth noting that clansmen sometimes discuss important affairs within the clan in the ancestral hall. 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.
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Several famous ancestral temples:
1, Guangzhou Chenjiaci
Ancestral temple buildings are mainly composed of gates, foreyards, purlins and wings on both sides, which are enclosed into a courtyard in a symmetrical way. The main hall is dedicated to ancestral cards, and there are compartments on both sides to store genealogy and sacrificial utensils respectively. In ancient China society, the family was a very important social unit, and the ancestral hall, as a representative of the family, also had a very important position and role.
2. Bao Ancestral Hall in Shexian Village, Anhui Province
In ancient times, important things at home were carried out in ancestral halls. When family members get married, they have to go to the ancestral hall for a wedding; If someone in the family dies, he must go to the ancestral temple for a funeral; There are important things at home, and the patriarch is here to call everyone together to discuss.
In short, housework goes to the ancestral hall, which embodies the concept that everything should be told to the ancestors. At the same time, it also warns future generations not to forget their roots, so many family ancestral temple's names also have this meaning, such as "Dunben Hall" and "Xulun Hall".
3. Lijia Temple in Jinshan Village, Rucheng
The ancestral hall is the representative of a family or surname, which embodies the local status, power, prestige and honor of a family or surname. Therefore, it is an inevitable trend for ancestral temples to compare with each other. Each family got together, and tried their best to make the ancestral temple magnificent, trying to surpass others.
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