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In traditional weddings, the ancestral temple serves a major symbolic function, completing the transfer of a woman to her husband's family. [2] During the wedding rites, the bride and groom worship at the groom's ancestral shrine, bowing as follows: [2] first bow - Heaven and Earth; second bow - ancestors; third bow - parents; fourth bow - spouse
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One of earliest record of operating Confucian royal ancestral shrine is found in a history book, Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư of Vietnam. In this book, records of Lý dynasty in 11th century, building a Confucian royal ancestral shrine named 'Thái miếu' (太廟) near Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long are shown. [13]: 190–192
People gather for a worship ceremony at an ancestral shrine in Hong'an, Hubei. Another dimension of the Chinese folk religion is based on family or genealogical worship of deities and ancestors in family altars or private temples ( simiao Chinese : 私廟 or jiamiao Chinese : 家廟 ), or ancestral shrines ( citang Chinese : 祠堂 or zongci ...
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The ancestral shrine of the family where the common ancestors of the inhabitants were honored was either located here or in the center of the property. [1] Less important positions facing the east and west of the compounds were relegated to junior branches of the family, while more periphery locations were relegated to servants and other less ...
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