Ancestral temples have many uses, mainly for offering sacrifices to ancestors. In addition, they are also used as places for weddings, funerals, and the longevity and happiness of grandchildren of various houses. Family members sometimes discuss important matters within the family. They often discuss them in the ancestral hall.
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Ancestral temple management:
Usually, the patriarch is responsible for the perennial management of the ancestral hall. Affairs managed by the patriarch:
First of all, it is responsible for managing land property. Most clan ancestral halls have land property and records (some big ancestral halls also have shops or enterprises).
The second is to be responsible for the maintenance and care of ancestral houses, the management of facilities in ancestral halls, such as the purchase and maintenance of sacrificial utensils, and the custody of clan-related public goods.
The third is to be responsible for organizing sacrifices and public activities of the nation, and discussing major events or important commemorative activities of the nation every year.
Noble families generally worship ancestral tablets all the year round. Burning incense every day every month, and there are special incense burning papers. Most of the ancestral temples of ordinary people are used for ancestor worship in the New Year. On New Year's Eve, tidy up and renovate the ancestral temple. Please come out to worship the ancestral tablets until after the Lantern Festival, and then enter the cabinet on 1 month 16.
In addition, some clan ancestral halls also have special sacrifice days. If there is a general shrine and a branch shrine, the local people will attend the branch shrine sacrifice first, and then go to the general shrine sacrifice.
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