广府风土聚落中祠堂的形制及变化初探

The Form and Evolution of Ancestral Halls in Canton Vernacular Settlements

广府祠堂是宗族制度的产物,作为广府风土聚落中重要的公共建筑有着较为固定的形制,其等级严谨而类型多样,并对其他公建和民居产生了不可避免的影响;虽然随着时代的发展其功能发生了一些变化,但是祠堂作为村民共同宗族认同的重要意义仍然存在,仍需进行合理修缮保护与更新。

As an product of clan system and serving as the most important public building in vernacular settlements, Canton ancestral hall has its inherent forms and impacts tremendously on other vernacular dwellings. It has various typologies in different hierarchies. With the development of the times, the function of the ancestral hall has partly changed, however, it remains as an important signature of common identification among clansmen, which makes the proper conservation and renewal of the ancestral hall necessary and significant.