Ancestral Memory

The local society has always been the basie pattern of traditional China,a family based on blood relationship is a relatively independent autonomous unit and an important force in its own development.The development of the family depends on the family concept of the members,and the ancestral temple is the main token and carrier of the family idea.With the transformation of urbanization and modernization,the function of family has changed,the family structure tends to be simplified,the family concept is weakened,and ancestral sacrifices of ancestral halls are fading.How to view this kind of change,strengthen the cohesion of family,play their role under the background of modernization is an important problem of this paper.This paper is based on the historical changes of the G family in Pushi.The ancestral hall worship practice as the entry point,place changes family in local contexts,comprehensive grasp the evolution of the family fortunes,and portray the historical context of family fate,and trace the ups and downs of the family destiny in the historical vicissitudes.G family went through a process from growth to flourish to decline,along with the development of the family is,the ancestral temple also from originally built to eventually be confiscated tortuous process,this process is also the process which the clan consciousness gradually collapse.G family history suggests that although the family' s own strength is crucial in determining family development,but the fate of the family is deeply emmbedded in the social change in the major contextual,reflecting the complicated interactions with the state of the family.