Tianzhu, the county has more than 1 ancestral halls, which can be called the cultural treasure of ancestral halls in southwest China.

Tianzhu county is located in the east of Guizhou province. It was named after the pillar mountain in the north of the city, and was founded in 1597. Tianzhu is located in the lower reaches of Qingshui River, bordering Hunan, and is known as "the first pass in eastern Guizhou". The county covers an area of 2,21 square kilometers and has a population of 42,, most of whom are Miao and Dong. Tianzhu County is also a resource-rich county. At present, a large number of barite has been discovered, accounting for 6% of the country's total, ranking first in the country. It is known as the "hometown of barite in China" and is ready to be built into the world's largest barium salt production and export base.

Tianzhu county is a typical northern Dong area, and its customs are different from those of dialects and southern Dong. In terms of clothing, the northern Dong people are "sinicized" seriously. Women in the northern Dong people don't wear skirts and trousers, and their clothing is simple. Not as exquisite as the southern Dong nationality. Architecturally, there are no Drum Tower and Wind and Rain Bridge in North Dong nationality. At festivals, the northern Dong people don't play lusheng either. The well-known northern Dong villages in Tianzhu County are Sanmentang, Wolong Valley Village, Ganxi Dong Village, Kelie Dong Village, Yangzhai Village and Liuzhai Village.

Ganxi Dong Village, located in * * * Village, Duma Township, Tianzhu County, has 123 villagers. Everyone in the village knows Kung Fu, and it is praised as "Kung Fu Village" by CCTV. The ancestors of the Dong Village in Ganxi have taken refuge here from Jiangxi during the Hongwu period for more than 2 generations. There are dense vegetation, magnificent waterfalls, deep canyons, streams around mountains, and a small dam in front of the village, which is a paradise on earth. Dozens of families here are almost isolated from the world and live in seclusion in the mountains.

Liuzhai Village, located in the southwest of Shidong Town, Tianzhu County, is located on the north bank slope of Lianhuashan Reservoir in the lower reaches of Bagua River, close to mountains and waters. The village consists of four natural villages: Liuzhai, Liong, Tianba and Tangdai. Li Weng, Liu Zhai and Tian Ba are in the north of Cenyou Slope, and the Tang Dynasty Group is in the south of Slope. There are more than 3 families in the village, all of whom are named Long. The terraced fields in Liuzhai Village are very beautiful and worth visiting.

The famous overlord Shidong Waterfall Group in Tianzhu County is located near Liuzhai, and is known as "Tianzhu Tibet". Here, the scenery is beautiful and the original ecology is well protected; There are many natural primitive waterfalls, the Western Region Waterfall is magnificent, the Longdong Waterfall is mysterious and deep, and the Liuzhangdong Waterfall is steep and magnificent.

Tianzhu County in ancient times was the hub of Qingshui River. With the upstream of Qingshui River, the Han culture took root in Tianzhu County and merged with the local northern Dong culture. In 24, Guizhou Province conducted an archaeological excavation along the Qingshui River in Tianzhu County, and found the sites of the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties and the Song and Ming Dynasties, collectively known as the Qingshui River Cultural Site. Among them, the site of Cibingzhou is located opposite Yuping Mountain in Baishi Village, which is said to be inhabited by descendants of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers who resigned from Wu Sangui.

On both sides of Qingshui River, the towns and villages prospered by water transportation include Sanmentang, Qinglang, Baotang, Lalai, Yuankou, Jiangdong, etc. These areas have preserved many ethnic customs and traditional cultures. For example, Qinglangtang has always been a trading place for wood merchants, and merchants who buy "seedlings" gather here. Baotang village remains a large number of Miao ancient dwellings and ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties, which is a must of Qingshui River. There used to be many halls in Yuankou Town, such as Lianghu Pavilion, Baoqing Pavilion, Hengyang Pavilion, Jiangxi Pavilion, Guizhou Pavilion, etc., and there were wooden stacks specializing in timber trading. There are three Yang Family Courtyards in Jiangdong, which retain the cultural customs such as Yang Opera, Flower Drum Opera, Nuo Opera and Bench Dragon.

there is a saying that there is a drum tower in the south and a family shrine in the north in the Dong nationality area of Guizhou. Influenced by Han culture, North Dong region has left a large number of ancestral halls, among which Tianzhu and Jinping are the majority. There are about 1 ancient ancestral halls in Tianzhu County, including more than 5 intact ones, which are listed as 2 national cultural relics protection units, 2 provincial, 19 state-level and 27 county-level ones. Tianzhu is therefore called "the ancestral hall cultural treasure in southwest China". Among them, the most famous ancestral halls are Liu's Ancestral Hall in Sanmentang, Song's Ancestral Hall in Xinzhou, Yang's Ancestral Hall in Baishi, Wu's General Ancestral Hall in Yuankou and Wu's Ancestral Hall in Xinzhou.

Sanmentang is located on the Qingshui River in Zichu Town, southeast of Tianzhu County. It is the gateway of three rivers and nine streams and the throat of Neijiang. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the rise of water transportation, Sanmentang became an important timber trading port. Many businessmen from Hunan flocked to Sanmentang, where ancestral halls were built, making the Han culture and the Northern Dong culture blend here. Sanmentang Liu's Ancestral Hall was built in Qing Dynasty. It is a concentrated building with western architectural style. In 213, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Tianzhu Ancestral Hall is mostly a courtyard-style layout with two patios. There are shrines, theatres, halls, wings, flower windows, middle halls and main halls in the ancestral hall. The outer wall of the ancestral hall is connected with the archway, and the wooden structure is bucket-piercing and beam-lifting. The walls of each ancestral hall archway are often painted with many or even dozens of relief paintings based on the historical celebrities and stories of the surname, which are full of cultural connotations. Historical figures and stories reflected in ancestral halls all have an important position in the family. For example, the Yangshi Ancestral Hall in Baishi was built for Yang Hong and his long Yang Wanchao, who had a very meritorious command in dating the Southern Song Dynasty; the Wu Clan in Yuankou was built to honor Cheng Wusheng, a Dali Temple in the Southern Song Dynasty; the Liu Clan in Sanmentang was built to commemorate Liu Wang, a "brave general" in the early Ming Dynasty; the Song Clan in Xinzhou was built for the Qing Dynasty Jinshi and Hanlin Jishi Shu Song Renpu; and the Wu Clan in Xinzhou was built. The main delicacies are Camellia oleifera, tofu with far mouth, Tianzhu navel orange, Tianzhu native duck, Tianzhu Sargentodoxa fruit and so on. Among them, the fruit type of Sargentodoxa is aggregate fruit, which looks like a football. It is native to the virgin forest in Tianzhu area and is a specialty of Tianzhu County.

Jianhe: a pearl on the Qingshui River, which is famous all over the country because of the statue of Asha.

Jinping: a county town that emerged due to the water transportation of Qingshui River, where Miao and Dong cultures and Han cultures are integrated.