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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
Jongmyo jerye (Korean: 종묘제례) or jongmyo daeje (종묘대제) is a traditional rite held for worshipping the deceased Joseon monarchs in Jongmyo Shrine, Seoul, South Korea. It is held every year on the first Sunday of May.
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
According to UNESCO, the shrine is the oldest royal Confucian shrine preserved and the ritual ceremonies continue a tradition established in the 14th century. Such shrines existed during the Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57–668), but these have not survived. The Jongmyo Shrine was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1995. [1]
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In 1961, the shrine was renovated to a larger scale. [3] The renovation has changed the architecture from its original Fuzhou style to a northern Chinese style.Similarly to the Japanese campaign, the Kuomintang government used the shrine as a way to legitimize its rule against the ascendant People's Republic of China across the Taiwan Strait [9] and was visited by Chiang Kai-shek.
In China, there were ancestral shrines dedicated to loyal subjects and martyrs, and the names of the shrines were given by the Emperor.The Fayuan Temple in Beijing was built by Emperor Taizong of Tang to commemorate the martyrs who died in the Eastern Expedition Goguryeo, and was originally called Jienzhongsa Temple, but was renamed Fayuan Temple in the Qing dynasty.