What's the point of building a ancestral temple?

People regard the geomantic omen of ancestral temple as the key to the rise and fall of clan, so the choice of new ancestral temple is very particular. Generally, it is required to pay attention to Long Mai and the source of anger. The hall is spacious, square and well-collected, and there is no conflict or struggle. And the contrast between the left and right, the four are evenly matched. With the combination of yin and yang, the combination of reality and reality, the combination of rigidity and softness, the superiority of the square garden, and the connotation of seeing the big from the small. Its environmental model is best to have a series of surrounding peaks, with portals and left and right guards in front, and the mountains behind are close to the terrain. It pays attention to beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people and outstanding people, and requires literature prosperity and outstanding people. According to the law of geomantic omen: "If you hold the left ring and the right ring, you will be angry". This is anger, aura and good luck. When choosing a location, it usually turns from real to virtual, paying great attention to orientation. Generally speaking, people sit facing north or west to east, and some other directions are chosen according to special Long Mai conditions.

The organization and layout of ancestral temple buildings are stipulated, but the scale is different, but the overall layout is similar, which can be roughly divided into front square, stage, gate, fence, patio, hall, worship hall, sleeping hall, auxiliary room and so on. It depends on the financial strength of his family. Generally, ancestral temples are dominated by "four cents" and "eight cents". The so-called "four cents" is the three-story courtyard and quadrangle. Three-story courtyards are usually hard hilltops with three bays in the main hall, wooden structures with beams and buckets, and two-story buildings with double slopes in the wing. "Siheyuan" usually has three main rooms and three seats, a wing on the left and a wing on the right, with a patio in the middle. The gate is located in the inverted warning room, and there is no courtyard in front of the gate. The plane of "Bajiantou" is basically the same as that of "Quarter Gold", except that the left and right compartments are not cloisters, but a compartment surrounded by lattice fans, and there are eight enclosed rooms in the upper and lower main rooms, commonly known as "Bajiantou". In addition, there is a "three vertical and three horizontal" layout, with hard mountains as the main architectural form and three bays in the middle and three depths. Due to the limitation of social environment and homestead, some newly-built ancestral halls generally have only the gate and the surrounding high walls to form a closed space, with one courtyard and one hall for enjoyment.