Introduction to Roots and Ancestors: The Ancestor Worship Hall is an all-wood antique building and the most magnificent building on the immigration axis. There are sacrificial pavilions on both sides of the hall. The sacrificial pavilion is 14.3 meters high, and its architectural style is a four-arched pavilion with xumizuo, double eaves and a four-cornered pavilion hanging on a mountain. The base wall is carved with white marble scenes of immigrants entering Sichuan from both the water and land routes, which shows the spirit of the immigrants who continued to move forward despite hardships. . The main hall is a place where people seeking their roots worship their ancestors. It covers an area of ​​800 square meters and is a seven-bay, double-eaves-topped building. There are three stone pedestals in the hall. The main pedestal in the middle is the statue of the ancestors of immigrants. It was designed by Mr. Wu Weishan, the president of the China Academy of Art. It mainly shows the spirit of the immigrant ancestors who were not afraid of hardships and dangers, migrated thousands of miles, and bravely pursued and created when they opened up a new home. , donated and built by descendants of Chongqing immigrants. On both sides are more than 230 immigrant surname tablets for the descendants of immigrants to come here to worship.

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