diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index 27661d2c98..ab74277123 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -160,8 +159,8 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 	dbDumpFreezerIndex = &cli.Command{
 		Action:    freezerInspect,
 		Name:      "freezer-index",
-		Usage:     "Dump out the index of a given freezer type",
-		ArgsUsage: "<type> <start (int)> <end (int)>",
+		Usage:     "Dump out the index of a specific freezer table",
+		ArgsUsage: "<freezer-type> <table-type> <start (int)> <end (int)>",
 		Flags: flags.Merge([]cli.Flag{
 			utils.SyncModeFlag,
 		}, utils.NetworkFlags, utils.DatabasePathFlags),
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ func inspect(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		start  []byte
 	)
 	if ctx.NArg() > 2 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Max 2 arguments: %v", ctx.Command.ArgsUsage)
+		return fmt.Errorf("max 2 arguments: %v", ctx.Command.ArgsUsage)
 	}
 	if ctx.NArg() >= 1 {
 		if d, err := hexutil.Decode(ctx.Args().Get(0)); err != nil {
@@ -536,43 +535,35 @@ func dbDumpTrie(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func freezerInspect(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	var (
-		start, end    int64
-		disableSnappy bool
-		err           error
-	)
-	if ctx.NArg() < 3 {
+	if ctx.NArg() < 4 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("required arguments: %v", ctx.Command.ArgsUsage)
 	}
-	kind := ctx.Args().Get(0)
-	if noSnap, ok := rawdb.FreezerNoSnappy[kind]; !ok {
-		var options []string
-		for opt := range rawdb.FreezerNoSnappy {
-			options = append(options, opt)
-		}
-		sort.Strings(options)
-		return fmt.Errorf("Could read freezer-type '%v'. Available options: %v", kind, options)
-	} else {
-		disableSnappy = noSnap
-	}
-	if start, err = strconv.ParseInt(ctx.Args().Get(1), 10, 64); err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could read start-param", "error", err)
+	var (
+		freezer = ctx.Args().Get(0)
+		table   = ctx.Args().Get(1)
+	)
+	start, err := strconv.ParseInt(ctx.Args().Get(2), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Could not read start-param", "err", err)
 		return err
 	}
-	if end, err = strconv.ParseInt(ctx.Args().Get(2), 10, 64); err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could read count param", "error", err)
+	end, err := strconv.ParseInt(ctx.Args().Get(3), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Could not read count param", "err", err)
 		return err
 	}
 	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
 	defer stack.Close()
-	path := filepath.Join(stack.ResolvePath("chaindata"), "ancient")
-	log.Info("Opening freezer", "location", path, "name", kind)
-	if f, err := rawdb.NewFreezerTable(path, kind, disableSnappy, true); err != nil {
+
+	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	ancient, err := db.AncientDatadir()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Failed to retrieve ancient root", "err", err)
 		return err
-	} else {
-		f.DumpIndex(start, end)
 	}
-	return nil
+	return rawdb.InspectFreezerTable(ancient, freezer, table, start, end)
 }
 
 func importLDBdata(ctx *cli.Context) error {
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index ff85e259ae..efea934925 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	AncientFlag = &flags.DirectoryFlag{
 		Name:     "datadir.ancient",
-		Usage:    "Data directory for ancient chain segments (default = inside chaindata)",
+		Usage:    "Root directory for ancient data (default = inside chaindata)",
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
 	MinFreeDiskSpaceFlag = &flags.DirectoryFlag{
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index 8ea2e2ca72..aeba3690d2 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 func ReadCanonicalHash(db ethdb.Reader, number uint64) common.Hash {
 	var data []byte
 	db.ReadAncients(func(reader ethdb.AncientReaderOp) error {
-		data, _ = reader.Ancient(freezerHashTable, number)
+		data, _ = reader.Ancient(chainFreezerHashTable, number)
 		if len(data) == 0 {
 			// Get it by hash from leveldb
 			data, _ = db.Get(headerHashKey(number))
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func ReadHeaderRange(db ethdb.Reader, number uint64, count uint64) []rlp.RawValu
 	}
 	// read remaining from ancients
 	max := count * 700
-	data, err := db.AncientRange(freezerHeaderTable, i+1-count, count, max)
+	data, err := db.AncientRange(chainFreezerHeaderTable, i+1-count, count, max)
 	if err == nil && uint64(len(data)) == count {
 		// the data is on the order [h, h+1, .., n] -- reordering needed
 		for i := range data {
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func ReadHeaderRLP(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawValu
 		// First try to look up the data in ancient database. Extra hash
 		// comparison is necessary since ancient database only maintains
 		// the canonical data.
-		data, _ = reader.Ancient(freezerHeaderTable, number)
+		data, _ = reader.Ancient(chainFreezerHeaderTable, number)
 		if len(data) > 0 && crypto.Keccak256Hash(data) == hash {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func deleteHeaderWithoutNumber(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, hash common.Hash, number
 // isCanon is an internal utility method, to check whether the given number/hash
 // is part of the ancient (canon) set.
 func isCanon(reader ethdb.AncientReaderOp, number uint64, hash common.Hash) bool {
-	h, err := reader.Ancient(freezerHashTable, number)
+	h, err := reader.Ancient(chainFreezerHashTable, number)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func ReadBodyRLP(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawValue
 	db.ReadAncients(func(reader ethdb.AncientReaderOp) error {
 		// Check if the data is in ancients
 		if isCanon(reader, number, hash) {
-			data, _ = reader.Ancient(freezerBodiesTable, number)
+			data, _ = reader.Ancient(chainFreezerBodiesTable, number)
 			return nil
 		}
 		// If not, try reading from leveldb
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func ReadBodyRLP(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawValue
 func ReadCanonicalBodyRLP(db ethdb.Reader, number uint64) rlp.RawValue {
 	var data []byte
 	db.ReadAncients(func(reader ethdb.AncientReaderOp) error {
-		data, _ = reader.Ancient(freezerBodiesTable, number)
+		data, _ = reader.Ancient(chainFreezerBodiesTable, number)
 		if len(data) > 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ func ReadTdRLP(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawValue {
 	db.ReadAncients(func(reader ethdb.AncientReaderOp) error {
 		// Check if the data is in ancients
 		if isCanon(reader, number, hash) {
-			data, _ = reader.Ancient(freezerDifficultyTable, number)
+			data, _ = reader.Ancient(chainFreezerDifficultyTable, number)
 			return nil
 		}
 		// If not, try reading from leveldb
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ func ReadReceiptsRLP(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash, number uint64) rlp.RawVa
 	db.ReadAncients(func(reader ethdb.AncientReaderOp) error {
 		// Check if the data is in ancients
 		if isCanon(reader, number, hash) {
-			data, _ = reader.Ancient(freezerReceiptTable, number)
+			data, _ = reader.Ancient(chainFreezerReceiptTable, number)
 			return nil
 		}
 		// If not, try reading from leveldb
@@ -819,19 +819,19 @@ func WriteAncientBlocks(db ethdb.AncientWriter, blocks []*types.Block, receipts
 
 func writeAncientBlock(op ethdb.AncientWriteOp, block *types.Block, header *types.Header, receipts []*types.ReceiptForStorage, td *big.Int) error {
 	num := block.NumberU64()
-	if err := op.AppendRaw(freezerHashTable, num, block.Hash().Bytes()); err != nil {
+	if err := op.AppendRaw(chainFreezerHashTable, num, block.Hash().Bytes()); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't add block %d hash: %v", num, err)
 	}
-	if err := op.Append(freezerHeaderTable, num, header); err != nil {
+	if err := op.Append(chainFreezerHeaderTable, num, header); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't append block header %d: %v", num, err)
 	}
-	if err := op.Append(freezerBodiesTable, num, block.Body()); err != nil {
+	if err := op.Append(chainFreezerBodiesTable, num, block.Body()); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't append block body %d: %v", num, err)
 	}
-	if err := op.Append(freezerReceiptTable, num, receipts); err != nil {
+	if err := op.Append(chainFreezerReceiptTable, num, receipts); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't append block %d receipts: %v", num, err)
 	}
-	if err := op.Append(freezerDifficultyTable, num, td); err != nil {
+	if err := op.Append(chainFreezerDifficultyTable, num, td); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't append block %d total difficulty: %v", num, err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/core/rawdb/ancient_scheme.go b/core/rawdb/ancient_scheme.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3da061cbd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rawdb/ancient_scheme.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package rawdb
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// The list of table names of chain freezer.
+const (
+	// chainFreezerHeaderTable indicates the name of the freezer header table.
+	chainFreezerHeaderTable = "headers"
+
+	// chainFreezerHashTable indicates the name of the freezer canonical hash table.
+	chainFreezerHashTable = "hashes"
+
+	// chainFreezerBodiesTable indicates the name of the freezer block body table.
+	chainFreezerBodiesTable = "bodies"
+
+	// chainFreezerReceiptTable indicates the name of the freezer receipts table.
+	chainFreezerReceiptTable = "receipts"
+
+	// chainFreezerDifficultyTable indicates the name of the freezer total difficulty table.
+	chainFreezerDifficultyTable = "diffs"
+)
+
+// chainFreezerNoSnappy configures whether compression is disabled for the ancient-tables.
+// Hashes and difficulties don't compress well.
+var chainFreezerNoSnappy = map[string]bool{
+	chainFreezerHeaderTable:     false,
+	chainFreezerHashTable:       true,
+	chainFreezerBodiesTable:     false,
+	chainFreezerReceiptTable:    false,
+	chainFreezerDifficultyTable: true,
+}
+
+// The list of identifiers of ancient stores.
+var (
+	chainFreezerName = "chain" // the folder name of chain segment ancient store.
+)
+
+// freezers the collections of all builtin freezers.
+var freezers = []string{chainFreezerName}
+
+// InspectFreezerTable dumps out the index of a specific freezer table. The passed
+// ancient indicates the path of root ancient directory where the chain freezer can
+// be opened. Start and end specify the range for dumping out indexes.
+// Note this function can only be used for debugging purposes.
+func InspectFreezerTable(ancient string, freezerName string, tableName string, start, end int64) error {
+	var (
+		path   string
+		tables map[string]bool
+	)
+	switch freezerName {
+	case chainFreezerName:
+		path, tables = resolveChainFreezerDir(ancient), chainFreezerNoSnappy
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown freezer, supported ones: %v", freezers)
+	}
+	noSnappy, exist := tables[tableName]
+	if !exist {
+		var names []string
+		for name := range tables {
+			names = append(names, name)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown table, supported ones: %v", names)
+	}
+	table, err := newFreezerTable(path, tableName, noSnappy, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	table.dumpIndexStdout(start, end)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go b/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go
index ec39b7b59c..7d9c9c0156 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/chain_freezer.go
@@ -278,19 +278,19 @@ func (f *chainFreezer) freezeRange(nfdb *nofreezedb, number, limit uint64) (hash
 			}
 
 			// Write to the batch.
-			if err := op.AppendRaw(freezerHashTable, number, hash[:]); err != nil {
+			if err := op.AppendRaw(chainFreezerHashTable, number, hash[:]); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write hash to Freezer: %v", err)
 			}
-			if err := op.AppendRaw(freezerHeaderTable, number, header); err != nil {
+			if err := op.AppendRaw(chainFreezerHeaderTable, number, header); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write header to Freezer: %v", err)
 			}
-			if err := op.AppendRaw(freezerBodiesTable, number, body); err != nil {
+			if err := op.AppendRaw(chainFreezerBodiesTable, number, body); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write body to Freezer: %v", err)
 			}
-			if err := op.AppendRaw(freezerReceiptTable, number, receipts); err != nil {
+			if err := op.AppendRaw(chainFreezerReceiptTable, number, receipts); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write receipts to Freezer: %v", err)
 			}
-			if err := op.AppendRaw(freezerDifficultyTable, number, td); err != nil {
+			if err := op.AppendRaw(chainFreezerDifficultyTable, number, td); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't write td to Freezer: %v", err)
 			}
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go b/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
index 21e42f42d4..867fed63ad 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/chain_iterator.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func InitDatabaseFromFreezer(db ethdb.Database) {
 		if i+count > frozen {
 			count = frozen - i
 		}
-		data, err := db.AncientRange(freezerHashTable, i, count, 32*count)
+		data, err := db.AncientRange(chainFreezerHashTable, i, count, 32*count)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Crit("Failed to init database from freezer", "err", err)
 		}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/database.go b/core/rawdb/database.go
index 3fbee41dad..831ca69c4c 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/database.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/database.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
@@ -34,10 +35,16 @@ import (
 
 // freezerdb is a database wrapper that enabled freezer data retrievals.
 type freezerdb struct {
+	ancientRoot string
 	ethdb.KeyValueStore
 	ethdb.AncientStore
 }
 
+// AncientDatadir returns the path of root ancient directory.
+func (frdb *freezerdb) AncientDatadir() (string, error) {
+	return frdb.ancientRoot, nil
+}
+
 // Close implements io.Closer, closing both the fast key-value store as well as
 // the slow ancient tables.
 func (frdb *freezerdb) Close() error {
@@ -162,12 +169,36 @@ func NewDatabase(db ethdb.KeyValueStore) ethdb.Database {
 	return &nofreezedb{KeyValueStore: db}
 }
 
+// resolveChainFreezerDir is a helper function which resolves the absolute path
+// of chain freezer by considering backward compatibility.
+func resolveChainFreezerDir(ancient string) string {
+	// Check if the chain freezer is already present in the specified
+	// sub folder, if not then two possibilities:
+	// - chain freezer is not initialized
+	// - chain freezer exists in legacy location (root ancient folder)
+	freezer := path.Join(ancient, chainFreezerName)
+	if !common.FileExist(freezer) {
+		if !common.FileExist(ancient) {
+			// The entire ancient store is not initialized, still use the sub
+			// folder for initialization.
+		} else {
+			// Ancient root is already initialized, then we hold the assumption
+			// that chain freezer is also initialized and located in root folder.
+			// In this case fallback to legacy location.
+			freezer = ancient
+			log.Info("Found legacy ancient chain path", "location", ancient)
+		}
+	}
+	return freezer
+}
+
 // NewDatabaseWithFreezer creates a high level database on top of a given key-
 // value data store with a freezer moving immutable chain segments into cold
-// storage.
-func NewDatabaseWithFreezer(db ethdb.KeyValueStore, freezer string, namespace string, readonly bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
+// storage. The passed ancient indicates the path of root ancient directory
+// where the chain freezer can be opened.
+func NewDatabaseWithFreezer(db ethdb.KeyValueStore, ancient string, namespace string, readonly bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
 	// Create the idle freezer instance
-	frdb, err := newChainFreezer(freezer, namespace, readonly, freezerTableSize, FreezerNoSnappy)
+	frdb, err := newChainFreezer(resolveChainFreezerDir(ancient), namespace, readonly, freezerTableSize, chainFreezerNoSnappy)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -198,7 +229,7 @@ func NewDatabaseWithFreezer(db ethdb.KeyValueStore, freezer string, namespace st
 			// If the freezer already contains something, ensure that the genesis blocks
 			// match, otherwise we might mix up freezers across chains and destroy both
 			// the freezer and the key-value store.
-			frgenesis, err := frdb.Ancient(freezerHashTable, 0)
+			frgenesis, err := frdb.Ancient(chainFreezerHashTable, 0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve genesis from ancient %v", err)
 			} else if !bytes.Equal(kvgenesis, frgenesis) {
@@ -244,6 +275,7 @@ func NewDatabaseWithFreezer(db ethdb.KeyValueStore, freezer string, namespace st
 		}()
 	}
 	return &freezerdb{
+		ancientRoot:   ancient,
 		KeyValueStore: db,
 		AncientStore:  frdb,
 	}, nil
@@ -273,13 +305,15 @@ func NewLevelDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, r
 }
 
 // NewLevelDBDatabaseWithFreezer creates a persistent key-value database with a
-// freezer moving immutable chain segments into cold storage.
-func NewLevelDBDatabaseWithFreezer(file string, cache int, handles int, freezer string, namespace string, readonly bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
+// freezer moving immutable chain segments into cold storage. The passed ancient
+// indicates the path of root ancient directory where the chain freezer can be
+// opened.
+func NewLevelDBDatabaseWithFreezer(file string, cache int, handles int, ancient string, namespace string, readonly bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
 	kvdb, err := leveldb.New(file, cache, handles, namespace, readonly)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	frdb, err := NewDatabaseWithFreezer(kvdb, freezer, namespace, readonly)
+	frdb, err := NewDatabaseWithFreezer(kvdb, ancient, namespace, readonly)
 	if err != nil {
 		kvdb.Close()
 		return nil, err
@@ -441,7 +475,7 @@ func InspectDatabase(db ethdb.Database, keyPrefix, keyStart []byte) error {
 	}
 	// Inspect append-only file store then.
 	ancientSizes := []*common.StorageSize{&ancientHeadersSize, &ancientBodiesSize, &ancientReceiptsSize, &ancientHashesSize, &ancientTdsSize}
-	for i, category := range []string{freezerHeaderTable, freezerBodiesTable, freezerReceiptTable, freezerHashTable, freezerDifficultyTable} {
+	for i, category := range []string{chainFreezerHeaderTable, chainFreezerBodiesTable, chainFreezerReceiptTable, chainFreezerHashTable, chainFreezerDifficultyTable} {
 		if size, err := db.AncientSize(category); err == nil {
 			*ancientSizes[i] += common.StorageSize(size)
 			total += common.StorageSize(size)
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer.go b/core/rawdb/freezer.go
index 63fd8cdcf8..6dea98c3d3 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer.go
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ type Freezer struct {
 	frozen uint64 // Number of blocks already frozen
 	tail   uint64 // Number of the first stored item in the freezer
 
-	datadir string // Path of root directory of ancient store
-
 	// This lock synchronizes writers and the truncate operation, as well as
 	// the "atomic" (batched) read operations.
 	writeLock  sync.RWMutex
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ func NewFreezer(datadir string, namespace string, readonly bool, maxTableSize ui
 		readonly:     readonly,
 		tables:       make(map[string]*freezerTable),
 		instanceLock: lock,
-		datadir:      datadir,
 	}
 
 	// Create the tables.
@@ -429,7 +426,7 @@ func (f *Freezer) MigrateTable(kind string, convert convertLegacyFn) error {
 	// Set up new dir for the migrated table, the content of which
 	// we'll at the end move over to the ancients dir.
 	migrationPath := filepath.Join(ancientsPath, "migration")
-	newTable, err := NewFreezerTable(migrationPath, kind, table.noCompression, false)
+	newTable, err := newFreezerTable(migrationPath, kind, table.noCompression, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -486,11 +483,5 @@ func (f *Freezer) MigrateTable(kind string, convert convertLegacyFn) error {
 	if err := os.Remove(migrationPath); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
-
-// AncientDatadir returns the root directory path of the ancient store.
-func (f *Freezer) AncientDatadir() (string, error) {
-	return f.datadir, nil
-}
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go
index dd4a80efcb..51d7d19308 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_table.go
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ type freezerTable struct {
 	lock   sync.RWMutex // Mutex protecting the data file descriptors
 }
 
-// NewFreezerTable opens the given path as a freezer table.
-func NewFreezerTable(path, name string, disableSnappy, readonly bool) (*freezerTable, error) {
+// newFreezerTable opens the given path as a freezer table.
+func newFreezerTable(path, name string, disableSnappy, readonly bool) (*freezerTable, error) {
 	return newTable(path, name, metrics.NilMeter{}, metrics.NilMeter{}, metrics.NilGauge{}, freezerTableSize, disableSnappy, readonly)
 }
 
@@ -884,9 +884,7 @@ func (t *freezerTable) Sync() error {
 	return t.head.Sync()
 }
 
-// DumpIndex is a debug print utility function, mainly for testing. It can also
-// be used to analyse a live freezer table index.
-func (t *freezerTable) DumpIndex(start, stop int64) {
+func (t *freezerTable) dumpIndexStdout(start, stop int64) {
 	t.dumpIndex(os.Stdout, start, stop)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go b/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go
index 0bddcf7211..ea28e71756 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/freezer_table_test.go
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ func TestSequentialRead(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		// Write 15 bytes 30 times
 		writeChunks(t, f, 30, 15)
-		f.DumpIndex(0, 30)
+		f.dumpIndexStdout(0, 30)
 		f.Close()
 	}
 	{ // Open it, iterate, verify iteration
diff --git a/core/rawdb/schema.go b/core/rawdb/schema.go
index 041c9f0449..a55ebdff74 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/schema.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/schema.go
@@ -111,33 +111,6 @@ var (
 	preimageHitCounter = metrics.NewRegisteredCounter("db/preimage/hits", nil)
 )
 
-const (
-	// freezerHeaderTable indicates the name of the freezer header table.
-	freezerHeaderTable = "headers"
-
-	// freezerHashTable indicates the name of the freezer canonical hash table.
-	freezerHashTable = "hashes"
-
-	// freezerBodiesTable indicates the name of the freezer block body table.
-	freezerBodiesTable = "bodies"
-
-	// freezerReceiptTable indicates the name of the freezer receipts table.
-	freezerReceiptTable = "receipts"
-
-	// freezerDifficultyTable indicates the name of the freezer total difficulty table.
-	freezerDifficultyTable = "diffs"
-)
-
-// FreezerNoSnappy configures whether compression is disabled for the ancient-tables.
-// Hashes and difficulties don't compress well.
-var FreezerNoSnappy = map[string]bool{
-	freezerHeaderTable:     false,
-	freezerHashTable:       true,
-	freezerBodiesTable:     false,
-	freezerReceiptTable:    false,
-	freezerDifficultyTable: true,
-}
-
 // LegacyTxLookupEntry is the legacy TxLookupEntry definition with some unnecessary
 // fields.
 type LegacyTxLookupEntry struct {
diff --git a/ethdb/database.go b/ethdb/database.go
index e8faa2d868..361218f247 100644
--- a/ethdb/database.go
+++ b/ethdb/database.go
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ type AncientWriteOp interface {
 
 // AncientStater wraps the Stat method of a backing data store.
 type AncientStater interface {
-	// AncientDatadir returns the root directory path of the ancient store.
+	// AncientDatadir returns the path of root ancient directory. Empty string
+	// will be returned if ancient store is not enabled at all. The returned
+	// path can be used to construct the path of other freezers.
 	AncientDatadir() (string, error)
 }
 
@@ -172,7 +174,6 @@ type Stater interface {
 type AncientStore interface {
 	AncientReader
 	AncientWriter
-	AncientStater
 	io.Closer
 }
 
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 0a2b9eb836..b60e32f22f 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ func (n *Node) OpenDatabase(name string, cache, handles int, namespace string, r
 // also attaching a chain freezer to it that moves ancient chain data from the
 // database to immutable append-only files. If the node is an ephemeral one, a
 // memory database is returned.
-func (n *Node) OpenDatabaseWithFreezer(name string, cache, handles int, freezer, namespace string, readonly bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
+func (n *Node) OpenDatabaseWithFreezer(name string, cache, handles int, ancient string, namespace string, readonly bool) (ethdb.Database, error) {
 	n.lock.Lock()
 	defer n.lock.Unlock()
 	if n.state == closedState {
@@ -715,14 +715,7 @@ func (n *Node) OpenDatabaseWithFreezer(name string, cache, handles int, freezer,
 	if n.config.DataDir == "" {
 		db = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
 	} else {
-		root := n.ResolvePath(name)
-		switch {
-		case freezer == "":
-			freezer = filepath.Join(root, "ancient")
-		case !filepath.IsAbs(freezer):
-			freezer = n.ResolvePath(freezer)
-		}
-		db, err = rawdb.NewLevelDBDatabaseWithFreezer(root, cache, handles, freezer, namespace, readonly)
+		db, err = rawdb.NewLevelDBDatabaseWithFreezer(n.ResolvePath(name), cache, handles, n.ResolveAncient(name, ancient), namespace, readonly)
 	}
 
 	if err == nil {
@@ -736,6 +729,17 @@ func (n *Node) ResolvePath(x string) string {
 	return n.config.ResolvePath(x)
 }
 
+// ResolveAncient returns the absolute path of the root ancient directory.
+func (n *Node) ResolveAncient(name string, ancient string) string {
+	switch {
+	case ancient == "":
+		ancient = filepath.Join(n.ResolvePath(name), "ancient")
+	case !filepath.IsAbs(ancient):
+		ancient = n.ResolvePath(ancient)
+	}
+	return ancient
+}
+
 // closeTrackingDB wraps the Close method of a database. When the database is closed by the
 // service, the wrapper removes it from the node's database map. This ensures that Node
 // won't auto-close the database if it is closed by the service that opened it.