Zhu's ancestral hall

Zhu's ancestral hall

Zhu's ancestral hall is the home of Zhu Xi's descendants for 550 years. Walk slowly to banxianshan Zhu ancestral hall.

In front of the quiet ancestral hall is a pond with no waves on the water; in front of the old ancestral hall, a village woman and a child are playing happily. The gate can't hide the baptism of the years, and the old man's weathered face is like the old man's. A breeze blowing, floating, actually blowing a little mysterious ancestral hall.

Peiguo hall Xuanwei Zhu ancestral hall

Peiguotang Zhu's ancestral hall is located two kilometers northeast of Xuanwei City on the side of the ring road. It was built by the ancestor of Zhu, who was born in yangjiatun, Xuanwei, and the ninth grandson xiangxianzu, who was granted general Huaiyuan. The scale of construction was first-class at that time. It is a quadrangle courtyard with three rooms and two ears of high-quality wood, with wooden ceiling and carved dragons and painted phoenixes The ridge of the roof is buckled and the eaves are raised, which is magnificent. The utensils in the ancestral hall are complete, and there are complete sets of utensils, incense burners, tables, tablets and plaques.

The construction time of Zhu's ancestral hall can be traced back to the 16th year of Emperor Qianlong. The inscriptions of the ancestral hall are clearly defined. The family rules of respecting etiquette and valuing cultural rule are striking and rigorous, and the clan is prosperous. With the rapid passage of time, the ancestral hall of Zhu has experienced 275 years of vicissitudes. Xiangxian ancestor also left us, but the contribution of building the ancestral temple will never be forgotten. Every time you go to the grave, you must go to the tomb first. All the people respect him as the ancestral temple ancestor.

The ancestral hall, which has experienced a hundred years of vicissitudes, has now lost its luster when it was first built. It has become dilapidated and beyond recognition. In the 1950s, it became a public canteen, and in the 1960s, it became a four old one. It is broken but not standing, and it has disappeared. In the 1970s, it became a place where oxen were tied and longevity trees were placed. In the 1980s, the East and West Wing houses collapsed and became a mess. Later, one was that the ancestral hall was managed and protected, and the other was that it was convenient for young children to go to school nearby. Some funds were put together to repair and build a classroom and dormitory in the collapsed East and West Wing room, so that children could read for a few years. In the 1990s, because of the scattered teaching sites, it is not easy to manage, and because of the poor building construction, it is not only disadvantageous to teaching, but also has serious security risks and idle, it has become abandoned dangerous houses. In recent years, it has become a place to grow bacteria and pile up garbage, which has been eclipsed by the poor people.

The cross century era is also the age of prosperity. There are a lot of talented people, including those with assets of 100000 or 1000000, and those at the level of department, department and section. I feel that the ancestral hall of that year could be built by one person, not to mention those with outstanding talents. On the auspicious day of may in 2009, under the advocacy of sun Bizhen, the 18th HongZu, the Preparatory Committee for the construction of Zhu's ancestral hall of peiguo hall was established. It planned to call on the clan members to donate millions to build (expand) Zhu's ancestral hall again at the original site of the ancestral hall, so as to restore the former glory of the ancestral hall for sacrifice, discussion and affairs. In order to enhance the cohesion of the people, carry forward the spirit of the Guangda clan, and contribute to the revitalization of the family business.

Therefore, the brief written record of the vicissitudes of the ancestral hall aims to show that the original site of Zhu's ancestral hall belongs to Zhu's ancestral hall, which is neither a place for garbage and bacteria, nor any other place. The property right and use right belong to the Zhu's ancestral hall family of peiguotang. This paper makes a special written record and explains the cause and effect of its historical formation, and requests the local deacon and relevant competent units to give a reply I'd like to sign and seal it to prove that the information is true. I'd like to make this evidence for the collection of materials in the temple.

Note: the main purpose of the text is in the front of the ancestral hall. There was a moment when the school was built, and the ownership was not owned by the school. In the history of the ancestral hall, there are not only the glory of building the ancestral hall, but also the bitterness and unhappiness. Now the old ancestral hall has been demolished and the new ancestral hall reappears. The history of the old temple, the definition of ownership. Once, the local administrative director certified the reply "the situation is true" and added the signature and public seal as the basis.

Zhu's ancestral hall, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province

It was built in the Ming Dynasty more than 550 years ago

The gate of Zhu's ancestral hall faces south from the north. There are two earth gray stone piers on each side. On the top of the gate, there is a vivid relief and the faded powerful four characters "Zhu's ancestral hall". These are the famous and mysterious southern Guangdong ancient buildings nearby.

When you enter the gate of the ancestral hall, you will see a moment of reincarnation. Outside the gate is the world, but inside the gate is a thousand years of history. Touching the pillars of the ancestral hall, gazing at the high arches, carved buildings, eaves pillars and roof ridges, and appreciating the delicate and exquisite birds, animals, flowers and plants and ancient drama patterns carved on the roof beams, window lattice and lintel, a feeling of nostalgia grows in my heart.

According to Zhu Qiming, the retired Secretary of banxianshan village, the ancestral hall of Zhu's family was built by Zhu Jingzhai, the founder of banxianshan village, more than 550 years ago. Zhu Jingzhai is the 13th generation descendant of Zhu Xi. He moved from qiashitang, Dongguan to Banxian mountain, Hengli from Jiajing to Longqing of Ming Dynasty. He lived here for a long time

Zhu Jingzhai inherited the legacy of his ancestors, and built the ancestral hall of Zhu in order to show the glory of the past and the prosperity of the future, to let future generations remember their ancestors and ancestors, and to encourage their children and grandchildren to celebrate their family. At present, Zhu's ancestral hall is a courtyard with five bays and three entrances, with a width of 13 meters and a depth of 36 or 4 meters. It covers an area of more than 500 square meters. The hard stone top, red stone column and blue red stone column are used as the base. The second Golden column is a lattice wooden column with wooden beams and humps. It is exquisitely carved. On the ancestral tablet are the filial names of Zhu Jingzhai and Zhu ruzhai, the ancestors of Zhu Jingzhai and Zhu ruzhai On the carved beams and painted buildings, exquisite patterns record ancient stories; stone and wood carvings, painted with various artistic patterns, reveal profound historical and cultural accumulation, all of which make us feel the ancient folk houses in southern Guangdong and the profound architectural culture in Lingnan.

Every year is like the flow of time. 550 years later, this magnificent ancestral hall has been greatly damaged. According to records, the ancestral hall of Zhu family suffered two major disasters, the first was the land reform period, and the second was the cultural revolution period. When the Cultural Revolution broke the four old traditions, the red guards destroyed all the cultural relics in the ancestral hall, the ancestral Spirit card and the gold medal bestowed by the imperial court. The stone, wood and relief carvings in the ancestral hall were also uprooted. The villagers were unwilling to destroy these ancestral heritages and secretly pasted them with yellow mud at night. This is really a local method. However, who can appreciate it today? I can only praise the villagers' wit, courage and humor. Now we can only glimpse the traces left by the years from the remaining relief and patterns. After the reform and opening up, the Zhu people generously donated money from the village committee, and rebuilt it in 1984 and 1989.

Ancestral temple is a kind of cultural heritage

The ancestral hall has always been heavily fortified in our sense. Walking in Zhu's ancestral hall, I am always surprised by the majesty of the high platform. The lifelike flying dragons and dancing phoenixes carved on the high platform present an inviolable kingly style. The shrines and tablets, candlesticks and high halls release their aftereffects all the time. All the arrangements and arrangements render and set off the invisible majesty and mysterious atmosphere. We can't help but wonder - what is a ancestral hall?

According to the records, ancestral hall, traditionally known as ancestral hall, is a place for worshiping ancestors and gods, and is regarded as a symbol of the clan. The system of ancestral temple came into being in the Zhou Dynasty, which was the exclusive property of the emperor. Later, Zhu Xi advocated the establishment of family ancestral halls in Song Dynasty: each family established a four niche ancestral hall dedicated to the four gods of Gao, Zeng, Zu and you. In the Qing Dynasty, ancestral halls had spread all over the country. Ancestral halls were the center of the interweaving of clan power and divine power. Zongzi, the chief sacrifice in the ancestral hall, is equivalent to the son of heaven; Zongchang, the chief of the clan, is equivalent to the prime minister; Zongzheng and Zongzhi are equivalent to the Minister of rites and the Minister of punishment. The ancestral temple embodies the characteristics of the integration of family and country.

In this sense, the ancestral temple is a kind of architecture different from the folk houses, it is a prominent carrier reflecting a local ethical consciousness, clan thought and historical culture. When the ancestors created such a carrier, they integrated their pursuit of life, customs and spiritual concepts, which can be seen from the couplets on the high platform of the ancestral hall: "jiekaoting is learning from shaojiqiu's poetry, Yiyi's family's voice is Pizhen, tracing back to Wuyi's changzonghuai, shuimuxingxiao's younger brother's continuous existence". This couplet is intended to warn future generations of the way to follow in self-cultivation, career, work and family management Morality and ethics. This makes us walk in the quiet ancestral hall, can't help shaking: how deep is the courtyard?

The ancestral hall may be more of a symbol of authoritarian authority, which is why we often feel its strict architecture. However, we can't deny that in the feudal patriarchal society, with its power in the secular society, this ancestral temple still plays a role of cultural inheritance. It melts the essence of some traditional or local culture outside of an official yamen, where the more respected authority lies, and transmits it to everyone in the patriarchal clan in an irresistible form. Therefore, it is more of a culture. Where there is a ancestral temple, there will be a genealogy, which records hundreds of years of family history and has a long history.

According to the genealogical records of the Zhu family in banxianshan, Zhu Ju, the third generation of Zhu Xi's direct grandson, was the ancestor who moved south to Guangdong, Zhu man, the eldest son of Zhu Ju, was the ancestor who moved to Dongguan, and Zhu Jingzhai was the fifth generation of Zhu man's xuansun. During the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jingzhai and his family formally moved from qizhitang, Dongguan, to banxianshan, Hengli, and has developed into five clan houses. Now

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