Why are more and more families building ancestral temples now? What's the point?

There are two main reasons for building ancestral temples. The first is to commemorate the ancestors and elders in the family and express the memory of the younger generation. The second reason is to honor the deceased people in the family in order; This second practice has played a role of unity, which is equivalent to bringing the deceased ancestors into the genealogy in an orderly manner. After all, genealogy is something that few people can do. In modern times, it is more about recording family members, and it is difficult to understand the historical development of family members and families. So the ancestral temple is also built to record those who have passed away in the family and the development of the family? High light period? .

Ancestral temple culture is one of the unique cultures of Chinese children, and there are many world-class material and intangible cultural heritages derived from ancestral temple culture. In ancient times, ancestral temples were used by Confucianism to commemorate ancestors. With the evolution of history, it gradually assumed the role of commemorating the ancestors and uniting the younger generation.

Nowadays, many families are building new ancestral temples to worship the ancestors recorded in the family and express the feelings of the younger generation. One is to commemorate the ancestors, the other is to connect the blood relatives with the same surname, to connect all the members of the family with ancestral halls, and to unite the people in the family from within the family, which embodies the unique cohesion of each family, which is also very important for a family.

In addition to rebuilding the ancestral temple, it is still very popular to repair it. Repairing the ancestral temple is to repair and protect the ancestral temple that has been built. The purpose of doing this is to protect historical and cultural relics, and also to provide a better environment for the ancestors enshrined in the ancestral hall to show respect for the deceased ancestors. So there are many ancestral temples left over from ancient times, which may have been damaged now. Some were repaired by the government, and some were cleaned up by family descendants.