Cheng Yanggang Cai Clan Ancestral Hall, no., is located in the middle of the ancient villages of Guangdong Province, the historical and cultural villages of Guangdong Province, and the ancient villages of the whole country. Over the past year, the ancestral hall has made full use of traditional cultural resources, strengthened the construction of cultural ancestral halls on the basis of ancestral halls, done a great deal of work in carrying forward excellent traditional culture, excavating historical and cultural resources, carrying out cultural activities and academic research, and inheriting folk cultural heritage, actively exploring the practice of building cultural ancestral halls to better serve the new socialist countryside, so that the ancestral hall, a traditional cultural resource, will be rejuvenated under the conditions of the new era.
1. The Source Stream of the Cai Clan under the Gongfu Sect
Cheng Yanggang Cai clan is the second son of The Duke of Zhifu,xi (西域派), and the Cai clan of the Chenghai Gongfu (澄海規甫公派) has a long history. The ancestor of Zhaoji, Cai Zhifu (蔡規甫), was a native of CaiZhai Village, Putian City, Fujian Province, and was the seventh grandson of Cai Xianggong, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. He served as the governor of Hui'an and Gutian counties, chaozhou and lianzhou, and later served as the governor of chaozhou. During the Reign of The Southern Song Dynasty (1252), Duke Zhifu led Zifenghu and Xibu Buzhu Haiyang County (present-day Chengcheng). In the first year of Jing Yan (1276), Lu Xiufu and Chen Yizhong disagreed and were placed in Haiyang County. The Gongfu Gongteng House set aside the fields, placed Lu Xiufu's family, and spent time with Lu Xiufu day and night, wearing liver and bile, and worrying about state affairs. Gong Fu and Lu Xiufu both stepped on the mountains and surveyed the water together, and deployed defenses against the Yuan in various places. Lu Xiufu set up a bachelor's hall in the port, and the Duke of Guifu sent Zi Fenghu and XiYu to teach from Lu Xiufu for many years.
Cai Xizuo, the second son of Duke Fu of Guifu, followed Lu Xiufu in his studies, organized Ding Zhuang to learn martial arts, organized a lean team to resist the Yuan and support the Song Dynasty, insisted on resisting the Yuan in his hometown, and was named "General Shilang".
Cai Wenyao, the ancestor of the Cheng Yanggang Cai clan, was the fifth descendant of Cai Xiyu, the second son of Duke Zhifu, and moved to Cheng Yanggang during the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty. Cai Wenyao (蔡文耀), Zhen Guangxu (讳 Guangxu), And Gongsheng (劉gongsheng), hongwu (1372) received an edict. Since the beginning of Wen Yao, the Cheng Yanggang Cai clan has multiplied and flourished, and its Miao descendants are distributed in villages such as Jianyang, Tucheng, Zhanglin, Xiyang and Zhangzhi in Chenghai, as well as in Chaozhou, Huilai, Shantou, Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asian countries.
In the long course of history, Cheng Yanggang Cai clan talents have emerged, and two jinshi and four juju people have successively emerged from the Cai ancestral hall, including Cai Fan and Cai Xi; Cai Gong, Cai Shangyi, Cai Ruokun, Cai Shize, and The Ming calligrapher Cai Li'an; Cai Yike, who is also included in the Kangxi edition of the "Chronicle of Chenghai County", and Cai Maozhi, the deputy general of Dahao, and Cai Junxin, who has set up the "Dalianggen Cai Health Center" in his hometown chengyanggang, his medical ethics and medical skills, especially the "dagrain root postpartum pills", and Cai Junxin, who is famous at home and abroad; the village chengji, jiahe red-headed ship, on the maritime Silk Road. In the foreign trade activities of Nanyang, it is a fresh force, and this spirit of courage and hard work has created a group of Cheng Yanggang Cai merchants and entrepreneurs living overseas. Such as Cai Yan, one of the founders of the brown sugar joint venture, and so on; the imperial seal according to the experience of chasi, for the official Qingzheng, anxious for justice and righteousness of Cai Mingda.
In modern times, the Ming Sages include: famous Chinese medicine doctors Cai Xixiang, Cai Yanggao, Cai Shilie, Cai Huanting, Cai Yuantao, Cai Chunchen; painters Cai Zhuyi, Cai Lesi, Cai Guangchen, Cai Yu, Cai Yangyan; Cai Zaixi, who has won the National Patent Invention General and the World Chinese Patent Invention Gold Award.
2. The history of the Cai Ancestral Hall
Cheng Yanggang Cai Clan Ancestral Hall was built in the 13th year of Ming Chenghua (1477), and then demolished and destroyed; Qing Kangxi 9 years (1670) built a large back seat; Qing Kangxi 15 years (1676) built a worship pavilion and two corridors; Kangxi 49 (1710) Li Dahao deputy general Cai Maozhi wrote the "Monument of Chongqi Deserves enjoyment", which is still in the inscription, but unfortunately the handwriting is vague and difficult to distinguish. In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), the Cai family founded the Fenggang Elementary School in the Cai Ancestral Hall, which was not large. In the 3rd year of the Republic of China (1914), the Quanxiang Academy was expanded and renamed Fenggang Xuetang, which was one of the five first schools founded in Chenghai County in the late Qing Dynasty, and the school site was located in the Cai Ancestral Hall "Bao Bao Tang".
Cheng Yanggang Cai Clan Ancestral Hall is located in the center of the village, facing northwest and southeast, the pattern is located "single-back sword", with a construction area of about 2600 square meters. In 2003, it was rebuilt with funds raised by ethnic relatives at home and abroad, and after the reconstruction, the Cai Ancestral Hall completely retained the style of the Ming Dynasty.
There are eight Ancestral Halls of the Cai Clan in Cheng Yanggang, in addition to the Cai Ancestral Hall "Bao Bao Hall", there are also the Xiankeng Ancestral Ancestral Hall "Shaode Hall", the Ruxi Cai Gong Ancestral Hall "Mingde Hall", the Yongzu Ancestral Hall "Shu De Hall", the Cai Family Ancestral Hall "Shi De Hall", the Ancestral Ancestral Hall "Wei Ze Hall", the Yu Ancestral Ancestral Hall "Yi Xu Hall", and the Cai Family Yue Ancestral Ancestral Hall "JieFu Hall". These ancestral halls were built in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
3. Explore new ways to build cultural ancestral halls
In 2002, the Tsai Ancestral Hall established the "Chenghai Cheng Yanggang Cai Clan Friendship Association". This has built a platform for strengthening the exchange of the Tsai Clan Association and laid the foundation for the study and promotion of the culture of the Tsai Ancestral Hall.
(1) Use traditional festivals and sacrifices to promote traditional culture and stimulate patriotic enthusiasm
The ancestral hall holds a tomb sweeping activity and a large-scale festival every three years, and the participants are not only the Cai clan relatives of the village, but also more than 20 villages from the Chenghai area and relatives at home and abroad. The sacrifice process follows the ancient ritual sacrifice ceremony to commemorate the ancestors, publicize the patriotic feelings of Cai Zhifu, Cai Fenghu, Cai Xi domain father and son to support the Song Dynasty and resist the Yuande, so that the participants in the traditional ceremony process are influenced by the historical and cultural ancestral hall culture and patriotic and patriotic education. At the same time, through the form of ode to "family style", future generations are educated to carry forward the ancestral virtues. The content of "Home Style" is as follows:
Fenggang Cai clan genealogy Putian from the Song dynasty to the present
Ancestors' reputation, famous and virtuous chapters, poetry and ritual inheritance, the back should be raised
At the beginning of life, it is necessary to read the sages and the book of Dali Mendi
Standing in the world, cultivating oneself with humility, being loyal to one's family and the country, and being virtuous and virtuous
Tun is close to his neighbor and respects his brothers and brothers
Treat people with great anger, faithfulness, advocating, cautious words, and inspections
Don't despise people short, don't be arrogant, have grown, have no nobility, and do what you want
Many acts of righteousness, benevolence, fraternity, and love, and honesty at home
Spoiled and not alarmed, calmly, the beauty of adulthood, the righteousness of the godson
Ying Shi Jing Ke Qin Ke Jian Ren Gao Shou Yi Shi Yong Chang
(2) Excavate historical resources and carry out cultural research
The first is to tap historical resources. Organized the compilation of the book "Genealogy of the Cai Clan of Cheng Yanggang", and systematically sorted out the historical and wise materials of the source stream, tombs, and sacrifice culture under the Wen Yao Gong Sect. The texts are compiled into the following documents: "Preface", "Cai Panxi and Cai Fenghu, Cai Xi Domain Father and Son Anti-Yuan Deeds"; "Wen Wu and Xiu Han Mo Liu Xin - The Story of the Famous Sage Cai Li'an and the Jiemei Society"; "The Story of Cai Xi and the Minister of Qincha Lin Zexu", "Cai Mingda and the Prime Minister Liu Yong", "The Colorful Life of Dahao's Deputy General Cai Maozhi", "Jinshi Cai Fan to Filial Piety Heirloom Family Fame", "Ancestral Hall Reed Grand Stage", "The Protection and Inheritance of the Culture of the Cai Clan Ancestral Hall in Chenghai", and "The Legend of the Cai Clan Ancestral Hall in feng shui treasure land". In the forty-ninth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1710), the "Monument to the Worship of Worship" written by Cai Maozhi, the deputy general of Dahao, was long because of its age and the inscription was vague and difficult to distinguish, and after full search and excavation, the inscription has been completed, and the inscription and the ancestral hall have been rebuilt. At the same time, it sorted out the cultural materials of the Cai Ancestral Hall and assisted the village in compiling the "Guangdong Provincial Folk Cultural Heritage Rescue Project Series" book "Guangdong Ancient Villages , Cheng Yanggang Village". Actively participated in the compilation and editing of the book "Chenghai Cai Ancestral Hall Cultural Collection, Remembrance and Inheritance".
The second is to conduct academic research. On November 8, 2008, he participated in the "Cai Guifu Cai Feng Lake Historical Sites Seminar" jointly sponsored by the Shantou Civic Writers Association and the Chenghai Cai Cultural Research Association. On April 10, 2015, at the "Chenghai Cai Culture Seminar" co-organized by the Chenghai Cai Cultural Research Association sponsored by the Cultural and Historical Committee of the Chenghai District CPPCC Committee, Mr. Cai Weijie, advisor of our association, made a special speech entitled "Colorful Cai Ancestral Hall Culture".
The third is to play a role in the research and publicity of Chenghai Cai's culture. A large number of articles promoting Cheng Yanggang Cai culture have been published in national Journals such as "Ru Lin Men Di" and "Green Source", the journal of the Chenghai Cai Cultural Research Association. He often organizes groups to carry out cultural exchanges and friendship activities in various places, and participates in various activities held by Cai's in the world and the whole country. Participate in the cultural research activities of Cai Xiang in Putian, Fujian Province. Through various cultural exchanges, the research of ancestral hall culture has broadened its horizons and expanded the influence of ancestral hall culture.
(3) Actively participate in community cultural activities
After Cheng Yanggang was rated as an ancient village in Guangdong Province, a famous historical and cultural village in Guangdong Province, and an ancient village in the country, the number of tourists is increasing day by day, and it has become a photography base in Shantou City, and the Cai Ancestral Hall supports and provides convenience: the "Shihao Music Club" founded by Mr. Cai Yingqun of Cheng Yanggang, a Thai Chinese and ancestral cheng Yanggang, holds a special Chaole concert for villagers every Spring Festival to enrich rural cultural life, actively participate in lantern riddle activities and other amusement activities sponsored by the town and district. Assist the village in rectifying the rural environment, transform the Cai Yong ancestral ancestral pond into a biochemical purification landscape pool, and beautify the rural environment. In this series of activities, the Cai Ancestral Hall gave full play to the role of the cultural ancestral hall in advocating a new style of civilization and promoting rural harmony.
(Note: The Cheng Yanggang Cai clan moved to Cheng Yanggang Village in the fifth year of Ming Hongwu's reign (1372 AD), and belonged to the same faction as the Chenghai Ximen Cai clan.) ）
(Source: Cai's Homestead, Chenghai 100)
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