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  2. Ancestral shrine - Wikipedia

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    An ancestral shrine, hall or temple (Chinese: 祠 堂; pinyin: Cítáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sû-tông or Chinese: 宗 祠; pinyin: Zōng Cí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-sû, Vietnamese: Nhà thờ họ; Chữ Hán: 家祠户; Korean: 사당; Hanja: 祠堂), also called lineage temple, is a temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname ...

  3. Confucian royal ancestral shrine - Wikipedia

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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

  4. Category:Ancestral shrines - Wikipedia

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    Ancestral shrine; Vietnamese ancestral house; E. Enkaku-ji (Okinawa) L. Lý Bát Đế Temple; S. Spirit tablet This page was last edited on 3 April 2024, at 13:06 ...

  5. Zhang Liao Family Temple - Wikipedia

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    In 1886, Zhang Liao members began preparing to build a family shrine. Construction of the main building lasted between 1909 and 1911, and the surrounding buildings were completed in 1916. [1] On November 27, 1985, the Taichung City Government protected the building as a city monument. [2]

  6. Kong-kài - Wikipedia

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    A Kong-kài (Taiwanese: kong-kài; Siraya: Kuwa; Taivoan: Kuba, Kuva), literally "the Public Hall" in Taiwanese Hokkien, is a temple or shrine where indigenous peoples like the Siraya, Taivoan or Makatao hold rituals for their ancestral spirits. Historical records indicate that in the past, the Kong-kài served other functions, including a men ...

  7. Jongmyo - Wikipedia

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    Jongmyo (Korean: 종묘) is a Confucian royal ancestral shrine in the Jongno District of Seoul, South Korea.It was originally built during the Joseon period (1392–1897) for memorial services for deceased kings and queens.

  8. Myo (shrine) - Wikipedia

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    Roughly around East Asian cultural sphere, term of ancestral shrine (사당; 祠堂) and family shrine (가묘; 家廟; Gamyo; lit. family Myo shrine) were originally distinguishable in actual usages, as formers referred to general concept of place for worshiping distant family ancestors or sages, while latters meant place for worshiping ...

  9. Benin ancestral altars - Wikipedia

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    The new Oba reactivated four ancestral shrines that were dedicated to his last four predecessors and a communal shrine was created for all the other previous Obas. [8] In 1976, robbers stole the contents of these revived ancestral shrines and the ruler at that time, Oba Erwdiauwa (r. 1979 –2016), moved the ancestral altars inside the palace ...