| Each one of us is inherited by the blood from the ancestors,from generation to generation.Ancestral Hall is not only a place to sacrifice ancestors,pray for wishing,but also to maintain blood transmission,family tradition,to achieve stable development of the clan,so that the ancestral hall is the most important and sacred spiritual hall in a clan.The upstream of the Yellow River has a profound historical context and distinctive geographical features with its numerous ethnic groups and diverse beliefs.Not only the birthplace of the Yellow River civilization,it is a folk culture museum.This topic takes the folk ancestral hall as the research object,takes the upper reaches of the Yellow River as the spatial background,and makes a progressive study on the topic according to four stages after the field study and data collection of the 91 ancestral halls.First,on the basis of the simple introduction of ancestral hall,the ecological characteristics and humanistic background of the upstream of the Yellow River are introduced,and the research background is formed.Next,the folk ancestral hall of the upstream of the Yellow River in combination with historical data and field research are introduced in multiaspect,and the sacrificial culture of the three main ethnic groups of Han,Hui and Tibetan in view of the specific situation of regional multi-ethnic inhabitation are discussed to have a more comprehensive understanding in ancestral sacrifice,and then from the various aspects of the ancestral hall culture carries out a summary of the analysis,and the far-reaching meanings contained in the ancestral hall are analyzed.Then,the architectural space of the ancestral hall from the aspects of architectural elements,architectural form,courtyard layout,space organization and structural material are mainly discussed,and the architectural decoration art of the ancestral hall is analyzed.Finally,from the levels of the ancestral hall architecture and the ancestral hall culture,and on the basis of the phenomenon of the ancestral hall reconstruction and evolution which emerged separately from the rejuvenation of the clan and the construction of the new countryside,combined with the actual situation,the problems arising from the protection of the ancestral hall of this area from the three perspectives of government,society and clan are summarized,and the principles and methods of protecting the folk ancestral hall in the upstream of the Yellow River are put forward.It is hoped that the results of this research will be able to improve the information perfection of the folk ancestral hall in this area,and deepen the people ’s understanding of the folk ancestral hall in the upstream of the Yellow River.Also,it is hoped that this paper can provide some reference for the repair,protection and inheritance of the local folk ancestral hall. |