The first ancestral hall in China, the Zhai ancestral hall, is located in the northeast of Zhai Village, Taohuatan Town, Jingxian County, Anhui Province. Built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, it faces south, with five rows of trees and three entrances. It is built like a royal ancestral temple, with a large scale and a construction area of about 3,524 square meters (including the wing, with a total construction area of 6,700 square meters). There are stone pillars, drum-hugging stones and stone lions in front of the temple, and there are vestibules, patios, pleasure halls and sleeping buildings in the temple. The foundation is paved with granite, the building is made of precious wood such as ginkgo, mahogany and nanmu, and the upper and lower wood and stone structures are beautifully carved. There are plaques 108 given by emperors, generals and local officials in the ancestral hall, and there are more than 10 rooms around the ancestral hall for deliberation and custody. There is a horizontal plaque of "Famous Families in the South of the Yangtze River" at the gate, and a wooden plaque with the words "Zhongxiao Hall" on a red background is hung in the hall. During the Chinese New Year, a banquet of 108 can be arranged in the temple fair, which is very impressive.