Zheng Xuan notes in "Book of Rites·Sacrifice": "The appearance of the temple is also the respect and appearance of the ancestors of the ancestral temple." The earliest "ancestor's appearance" may be the spiritual stone symbolizing fertility worship. , "Shi", the master of the ancestral temple. "Shuowen" says: "Stone is also the master of the ancestral temple. In Zhou Dynasty, there was a stone chamber in the suburbs of the ancestral ancestral hall; a large stone was transformed into a wooden master around the Han Dynasty, which is the ancestral tablet of future generations. In response to the needs of the sacrificial function, the building of the temple And with the development of construction technology such as residences and palaces, ancestral temple buildings also moved from outdoor tombs, altars, and stones to covered temples. Due to the specialization of sacrificial rituals and the way ancient people lived and died, The concept has evolved into a combination of sleeping hall, offering hall or incense pavilion.

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