Layout Modes and Characteristics of Site Selection of Traditional Ancestral Halls in Jiangxi: A Case Study of Yu Ancestral Hall in Wangkou Village, Wuyuan County

Traditional ancestral halls play an important role in the inheritance of the clan system.They carry strong clan ritual culture and are the hall of the clan spirit.In China’s traditional society,the clan concept was very deep,and a village was often formed by a single clan.An ancestral hall is a place where people sacrifice their ancestors and thus is given the most important significance,which is related to the rise and fall of the clan.Based on the instinct of biological benefit and avoidance,the site selection of ancestral halls must be the most favorable.In this paper,the site selection of Yu Ancestral Hall in Wangkou Village,Wuyuan County,Jiangxi Province was surveyed and analyzed,and the layout modes and artistic characteristics of site selection of traditional ancestral halls in Jiangxi were studied to provide reference for the protection and sustainable development of traditional ancestral halls.

Traditional ancestral halls play an important role in the inheritance of the clan system.They carry strong clan ritual culture and are the hall of the clan spirit.In China’s traditional society, the clan concept was very deep, and a village was often formed by a single clan.An ancestral hall is a place where people sacrifice their ancestors and thus is given the most important significance, which is related to the rise and fall of the clan.Based on the instinct of biological benefit and avoidance, the site selection of ancestral halls must be the most favorable.In this paper, the site selection of Yu Ancestral Hall in Wangkou Vil age, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province was surveyed and analyzed, and the layout modes and artistic characteristics of site selection of traditional ancestral halls in Jiangxi were studied to provide reference for the protection and sustainable development of traditional ancestral halls.