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How many surnames do the Tianshui family have?

Zhao.

The Zhao Clan Ancestral Hall is located to the west of Sanxing Lane in Xiguan, Qinzhou District, Tianshui City. The original ancestral hall is large in scale and faces south. There is a four-column and three-bay archway facing the street. There are Qinshen Hall on the east and west sides of the entrance, and the central axis. For the upper corridor. There are three main halls in one courtyard. There are court rooms in the east and west in front of the hall and two in the front and back. There are four side halls on the east side of the main hall. Go north along both sides of the main hall to the second hall, and then go north along the side of the hall to the third courtyard. There are three small back halls in the north of Sanyuan, and three wing rooms in the east and west of the courtyard. On the east side, there is a hall with three rooms and a small quadrangle, which is called the station courtyard. The entire ancestral hall now includes the main hall, the east and west front rows of court rooms, and the three courtyards and side courtyards.

The existing main hall (now the Labor Insurance Store) is three rooms wide and three rooms deep. It has a hard top with water splashing on both sides, a ridge-shaped treasure, and dragon kisses at both ends. There is a corridor with five rafters in the beam-lifting style. There are four golden pillars arranged in the front and back of the temple, a square brick viewing board, and a carved pier underneath. Under the front and rear eaves are brackets and tweeds, and on the flat beams are brackets that intersect with the hemp leaf heads of the single-step beams to form brackets. From the perspective of the entire structure and components, it belongs to the Ming Dynasty architecture and was slightly repaired in the Qing Dynasty. The main hall originally enshrined the statues of Zhao Gongfu, the "King of Zhao" who "assisted Xirong to live in Tianshui" and Zhao Chongguo, the Marquis of Ping.

The Zhao family’s ancestral hall has always been surrounded by the residences of the Zhao clan. The ancestral hall is connected to the north of the residence of Zhao Zibei, a martial scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, and to the west, it is connected to the residence of Zhao Wenzi, a military commander in the late Qing Dynasty. In the northwest there is a martial arts arena and Zhao Zhen's residence. Most of the existing houses are buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including the main courtyard, reverse seats, wing rooms, martial arts arena, enclosure, library, warehouse courtyard, station courtyard, warehouse stable, etc. Together with the ancestral hall, it forms a large-scale and majestic ancient building complex. Since there is an ancestral hall, there must be ancestral rules. The Zhao clan's ancestral hall has formulated sixteen ancestral rules, including: one chief clan member for the joint clan, one deputy clan member for each of the three major branches, one general leader, and eight ancestral leaders. The term of office is three years and shall be replaced upon expiration. The sacrifice is scheduled to be held on the tenth day of October every year, and the details of the sacrifice are very detailed. There are also regulations on banquet expenses, entry and exit accounts, housing, penalties, etc.