Jingsheng Town [Lingshi]

Jingsheng town ranks first in the first list of Well-known Historical Land cultural Towns (Villages) Jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Construction and the State Cultural Relics Bureau. The Jingsheng village that the present paper focuses on is the seat of the local government of the Jingsheng town. In traditional society, the clan temples were of great importance to the conformation of village structure, and the fortune at them was basically decided by the power of clan. Keeping track with the development and evolution of different clan temples in Jingsheng village, the present paper discusses the function of clan power in the building of clan temples.