In many rural areas, ancestral temples and genealogies are built on a large scale. Why is this happening?

Filial piety has been a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation since ancient times, and now the living conditions are much better than before. Moreover, as more and more young people start to work outside the home and then generally buy houses outside, there are fewer and fewer people in the village. In this way, within three generations, the previous relationship with the same hometown is estimated to be a little diluted, so it is undoubtedly a very good thing to build ancestral temples and genealogy in order to retain the affection of ancestors.

Moreover, after the ancestral temple was built, people who worked hard outside also had the obsession of going home to worship their ancestors. Only in this way can we maintain the affection of fellow villagers. As for genealogy, in fact, it is to let the younger generation know whose kindred they are, so that they can have a good care when they work hard outside. After all, from the same family, after the genealogy is completed, as the main family, I will feel ashamed, although it is only a birthright.

Cousins I've known for a long time.

When neighbor Xiao Liuqu worked in Shenzhen, he was a stranger there at first. The hardest thing in the world is to go to a strange place and come back without a job. Xiao Liu is a waiter over there. Later, he had some spare money, so he opened a breakfast shop. One day, he overheard a guest with a similar accent to himself, so in the process of chatting, they mentioned their genealogy. I didn't expect to talk about it or my family first, and then talk about it or my cousins.

When I go home, my wife is the boss.

My friend told me an interesting thing. One year, their hometown began to build ancestral halls, and then the old people got together to repair the genealogy. On a Chinese New Year holiday, a friend found a man in his hometown, especially like his immediate boss. As a result, he learned under the introduction of the old man at home that this is actually his boss, but he has another identity, that is, his cousin. Because there was no ancestral hall and genealogy before, the busy couple had no time to go back to their hometown.

In fact, it is also a good thing to build genealogy and ancestral halls, but we should also do what we can and not become a burden to the people.