The Sacrificial Hall was where the Ming and Qing emperors participated in grand ancestral worshiping ceremonies. The Side Hall on the east housed the spirit tablets of deceased imperial family members, whereas the Side Hall on the west was used to glorify the tablets of meritorious courtiers.

The Sacrificial Hall and the Resting Hall stand on the same three-tiered sumeru pedestal. Each tier of pedestal is fenced by white marble banisters and the central staircases feature an imperial passage. The Sacrificial Hall is 11 bays wide and 4 bays deep. With the beams and pillars from the logs of expensive Phoebe zhennan trees, the hall is covered with a double-eave hip roof of yellow glazed tiles. The Sacrificial Hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple is valuable building left over from the Ming dynasty, whose size, form, material and decorative details display the highest-level architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties