晚清湘军时代湘乡县域祠堂及特色

Characteristics of Xiangxiang County’s Ancestral Temple in the Xiang Army Period in Late Qing Dynasty

晚清湘军的兴起带来湘乡县域宗族的发展,进而影响这一时期该地区祠堂的兴盛。通过对多个家族的族谱和现存祠堂进行考察和研究,得出晚清湘军时期湘乡县域的祠堂具有明显的时代特点,主要表现为家族经济实力增强,宗族内原本合祀一庙的先祖分别建专祠祭祀,祠堂数目激增;祠堂规模扩大,平面形制呈两翼扩展的地域特征;细部装饰多样化,体现出湘军文化的渗透。

The rise of the Xiang Army in the late Qing dynasty brought about the development of clans in Xiangxiang County,which promoted the prosperity of ancestral halls in this period.Based on the investigation and study of the genealogies and existing ancestral halls of various families,it is concluded that the ancestral halls in the county areas of Xiangxiang in the late Qing dynasty had obvious characteristics of the times,mainly manifested in the strengthening of the economic strength of the families.The ancestors of the clan had built special shrines to offer sacrifices to each other,and the number of shrines increased dramatically;the scale of the shrines expanded,and the plane shape of the shrines showed the geographical features of the two wings expanding;the detailed decorations were diversified,which reflected the infiltration of the Xiang Army culture.