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href="/wiki/File:Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_B%C3%B9i_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_B%C3%B9i_3.jpg/220px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_B%C3%B9i_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_B%C3%B9i_3.jpg/330px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_B%C3%B9i_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_B%C3%B9i_3.jpg/440px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_B%C3%B9i_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="2576" /></a><figcaption>Altar with couplets and diaphragm in a Vietnamese clan ancestral house (<a href="/wiki/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Nhà thờ họ">Nhà thờ họ</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>ancestral shrine</b>, <b>hall</b> or <b>temple</b> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A5%A0" class="extiw" title="wikt:祠">祠</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A0%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:堂">堂</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Cítáng</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>: <i><span lang="nan-Latn">Sû-tông</span></i> or <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%97" class="extiw" title="wikt:宗">宗</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A5%A0" class="extiw" title="wikt:祠">祠</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Zōng Cí</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>: <i><span lang="nan-Latn">Chong-sû</span></i>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>: <i lang="vi">Nhà thờ họ</i>; <a href="/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_H%C3%A1n" title="Chữ Hán">Chữ Hán</a>: 家祠户; <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">사당</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">祠堂</span></span>), also called <b>lineage temple</b>, is a temple dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Ancestor_veneration_in_China" title="Ancestor veneration in China">deified</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancestor" title="Ancestor">ancestors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Progenitor" title="Progenitor">progenitors</a> of surname lineages or families in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese tradition">Chinese tradition</a>. Ancestral temples are closely linked to <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucian</a> philosophy and culture and the emphasis that it places on <a href="/wiki/Filial_piety" title="Filial piety">filial piety</a>. </p><p>A common central feature of the ancestral temples are the <a href="/wiki/Spirit_tablet" title="Spirit tablet">ancestral tablets</a> that embody the ancestral spirits.<sup id="cite_ref-eccc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eccc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancestral tablets are typically arranged by seniority of the ancestors.<sup id="cite_ref-eccc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eccc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altars and other ritual objects such as incense burners are also common fixtures. Ancestors and gods can also be represented by statues. </p><p>The temples are used for collective rituals and festivals in honor of the ancestors<sup id="cite_ref-eccc_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eccc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but also for other family- and community-related functions such as weddings and funerals.<sup id="cite_ref-eccc_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eccc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes, they serve wider community functions such as meetings and local elections. </p><p>In traditional weddings, the ancestral temple serves a major symbolic function, completing the <a href="/wiki/Women_in_ancient_and_imperial_China" title="Women in ancient and imperial China">transfer of a woman to her husband's family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lwx_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lwx-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the wedding rites, the bride and groom worship at the groom's ancestral shrine, bowing as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-lwx_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lwx-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>first bow - Heaven and Earth</li> <li>second bow - ancestors</li> <li>third bow - parents</li> <li>fourth bow - spouse</li></ol> <p>Three months after the marriage, the wife undertakes worship at the husband's ancestral shrine, in a rite known as <i>miaojian</i> (廟見).<sup id="cite_ref-lwx_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lwx-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mainland China, ancestral temples along with other temples have often been destroyed or forced to become "secularized" as village schools or granaries during the land reform of the 1950s and the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>. They have experienced a revival since the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_economic_reform" title="Chinese economic reform">economic liberalization</a> of the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-eccc_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eccc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The revival of the ancestral temples has been particularly strong in southern China where lineage organization had stronger roots in the local culture and local communities are more likely to have clan members living overseas who are keen to support the revival and rebuilding of the shrines through donations.<sup id="cite_ref-eccc_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eccc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Ancestral shrine</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hani" style="font-size: 1rem;">祠堂</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Citang</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Korean name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">사당</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">祠堂</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ko-Latn">sadang</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Japanese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kana" title="Kana">Kana</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">しどう</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ja-Latn">Shidō</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A5%A0" class="extiw" title="wikt:祠">祠</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A0%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:堂">堂</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Cítáng</span></i> has its first character <a href="/wiki/Ci_Shrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ci Shrine">Ci Shrine</a> in </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%97" class="extiw" title="wikt:宗">宗</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A5%A0" class="extiw" title="wikt:祠">祠</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Zōng Cí</span></i> has its first character derived from <a href="/wiki/Jongmyo_(shrine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jongmyo (shrine)">Jongmyo</a>, and its second character is <a href="/wiki/Ci_Shrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ci Shrine">Ci Shrine</a> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Ancestral shrine</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hani" style="font-size: 1rem;">宗祠</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Zongci</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Korean name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">종사</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ko-Latn">Jongsa</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Japanese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hiragana" title="Hiragana">Hiragana</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">そうし</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ja-Latn">sōshi</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>That phrasing can be seen as making the <a href="/wiki/Jongmyo_(shrine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jongmyo (shrine)">Jongmyo</a> a more sacralized version, since <a href="/wiki/Ci_shrine" title="Ci shrine">Ci shrines</a> are considered lower ranked than <a href="/wiki/Miao_shrine" title="Miao shrine">Miao shrines</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taiwan">Taiwan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Taiwan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable ancestral temples in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koxinga_Ancestral_Shrine" title="Koxinga Ancestral Shrine">Koxinga Ancestral Shrine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">鄭成功祖廟</span>), in West Central District, Tainan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Clan_Shrine" title="Liu Clan Shrine">Liu Clan Shrine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">劉家宗祠</span>), in Liouying District, Tainan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Family_Ancestral_Hall" title="Yang Family Ancestral Hall">Yang Family Ancestral Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">楊氏宗祠</span>), in Jiadong Township, Pingtung County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wukou_Village_Liou_Family_Ancestral_Hall" title="Wukou Village Liou Family Ancestral Hall">Wukou Village Liou Family Ancestral Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">五溝水劉氏宗祠</span>), in Wanluan Township, Pingtung County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhong-Sheng-Gong_Memorial" title="Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial">Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">宗聖公祠</span>), in Pingtung City, Pingtung County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetou_Doushan_Temple" title="Shetou Doushan Temple">Shetou Doushan Temple</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">社頭斗山祠</span>), in Shetou Township, Changhua County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Dexing_Ancestral_Hall" title="Chen Dexing Ancestral Hall">Chen Dexing Ancestral Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">陳德星堂</span>), in Datong District, Taipei</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hong Kong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable ancestral temples in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> include: </p> <ul><li>Tang Ancestral Hall and Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall, along the <a href="/wiki/Ping_Shan_Heritage_Trail" title="Ping Shan Heritage Trail">Ping Shan Heritage Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Law_Ka_Shuk" title="King Law Ka Shuk">King Law Ka Shuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_Chung_Ling_Ancestral_Hall" title="Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall">Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Southeast_Asia">Southeast Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Southeast Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable ancestral temples in <a href="/wiki/Chinese_in_Southeast_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese in Southeast Asia">Chinese communities of Southeast Asia</a> include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long_Shan_Tang_Temple" title="Long Shan Tang Temple">Long Shan Tang Temple</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">龍山堂</span>), in Yangon, Myanmar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoo_Kongsi" title="Khoo Kongsi">Khoo Kongsi</a>, in Penang, Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eng_Chuan_Tong_Tan_Kongsi" title="Eng Chuan Tong Tan Kongsi">Eng Chuan Tong Tan Kongsi</a>, in Penang, Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Si_Chong_Su" title="Tan Si Chong Su">Tan Si Chong Su</a>, in Singapore</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Nhà thờ họ">Nhà thờ họ</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_%E1%BB%9F_C%C3%A1t_S%C6%A1n,_T%E1%BA%BFt_n%C4%83m_2017_(6).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_%E1%BB%9F_C%C3%A1t_S%C6%A1n%2C_T%E1%BA%BFt_n%C4%83m_2017_%286%29.jpg/220px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_%E1%BB%9F_C%C3%A1t_S%C6%A1n%2C_T%E1%BA%BFt_n%C4%83m_2017_%286%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_%E1%BB%9F_C%C3%A1t_S%C6%A1n%2C_T%E1%BA%BFt_n%C4%83m_2017_%286%29.jpg/330px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_%E1%BB%9F_C%C3%A1t_S%C6%A1n%2C_T%E1%BA%BFt_n%C4%83m_2017_%286%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_%E1%BB%9F_C%C3%A1t_S%C6%A1n%2C_T%E1%BA%BFt_n%C4%83m_2017_%286%29.jpg/440px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D_Tr%E1%BA%A7n_%E1%BB%9F_C%C3%A1t_S%C6%A1n%2C_T%E1%BA%BFt_n%C4%83m_2017_%286%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>Altar in the nhà thờ họ of the Trần family in Cát Sơn</figcaption></figure> <p>Ancestral temple is called <i>nhà thờ họ</i>, <i>nhà thờ tộc</i> or <i>từ đường</i> in Vietnam. An ancestral death anniversary will be held yearly at nhà thờ họ and this anniversary is usually used as an occasion to renew the relationship between clan members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_religions_and_cultures">In other religions and cultures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In other religions and cultures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ancestral shrines or similar concepts are also common in other religions and cultures. Especially other East and Southeast Asian but also <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">traditional African religions</a> have ancestral shrines and or tombs. <a href="/wiki/Ancestor_worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancestor worship">Ancestor worship</a> is an important and common element in native African religions and is still common and practiced by followers of folk religions but also Christian and Muslim Africans.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wuyi_Yuyuan_20120219-18.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yu shrine in Zhejiang"><img alt="Yu shrine in Zhejiang" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Wuyi_Yuyuan_20120219-18.jpg/120px-Wuyi_Yuyuan_20120219-18.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Wuyi_Yuyuan_20120219-18.jpg/180px-Wuyi_Yuyuan_20120219-18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Wuyi_Yuyuan_20120219-18.jpg/240px-Wuyi_Yuyuan_20120219-18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Yu_(Chinese_surname)" title="Yu (Chinese surname)">Yu</a> shrine in <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Memorial_Temple_for_the_Family_of_Ye_in_Nanping_2013-04.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ye shrine in Anhui"><img alt="Ye shrine in Anhui" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Memorial_Temple_for_the_Family_of_Ye_in_Nanping_2013-04.JPG/120px-The_Memorial_Temple_for_the_Family_of_Ye_in_Nanping_2013-04.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Memorial_Temple_for_the_Family_of_Ye_in_Nanping_2013-04.JPG/180px-The_Memorial_Temple_for_the_Family_of_Ye_in_Nanping_2013-04.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Memorial_Temple_for_the_Family_of_Ye_in_Nanping_2013-04.JPG/240px-The_Memorial_Temple_for_the_Family_of_Ye_in_Nanping_2013-04.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ye_(surname)" title="Ye (surname)">Ye</a> shrine in <a href="/wiki/Anhui" title="Anhui">Anhui</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%90%89%E5%AE%89_%E6%B8%BC%E9%99%82.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Liang shrine in Jiangxi"><img alt="Liang shrine in Jiangxi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/%E5%90%89%E5%AE%89_%E6%B8%BC%E9%99%82.jpg/120px-%E5%90%89%E5%AE%89_%E6%B8%BC%E9%99%82.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/%E5%90%89%E5%AE%89_%E6%B8%BC%E9%99%82.jpg/180px-%E5%90%89%E5%AE%89_%E6%B8%BC%E9%99%82.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/%E5%90%89%E5%AE%89_%E6%B8%BC%E9%99%82.jpg/240px-%E5%90%89%E5%AE%89_%E6%B8%BC%E9%99%82.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Liang_(surname)" title="Liang (surname)">Liang</a> shrine in <a href="/wiki/Jiangxi" title="Jiangxi">Jiangxi</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chen_Clan_Academy_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chen shrine in Guangdong"><img alt="Chen shrine in Guangdong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Chen_Clan_Academy_3.jpg/120px-Chen_Clan_Academy_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Chen_Clan_Academy_3.jpg/180px-Chen_Clan_Academy_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Chen_Clan_Academy_3.jpg/240px-Chen_Clan_Academy_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Chen_(surname)" title="Chen (surname)">Chen</a> shrine in <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E9%A9%AC%E9%99%8D%E9%BE%99_02_-_%E9%BB%84%E6%B0%8F%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Huang shrine in Guangdong"><img alt="Huang shrine in Guangdong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/%E9%A9%AC%E9%99%8D%E9%BE%99_02_-_%E9%BB%84%E6%B0%8F%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg/90px-%E9%A9%AC%E9%99%8D%E9%BE%99_02_-_%E9%BB%84%E6%B0%8F%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/%E9%A9%AC%E9%99%8D%E9%BE%99_02_-_%E9%BB%84%E6%B0%8F%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg/135px-%E9%A9%AC%E9%99%8D%E9%BE%99_02_-_%E9%BB%84%E6%B0%8F%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/%E9%A9%AC%E9%99%8D%E9%BE%99_02_-_%E9%BB%84%E6%B0%8F%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg/180px-%E9%A9%AC%E9%99%8D%E9%BE%99_02_-_%E9%BB%84%E6%B0%8F%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="4096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Huang_(surname)" title="Huang (surname)">Huang</a> shrine in <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E8%B3%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lai shrine in Taiwan"><img alt="Lai shrine in Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E8%B3%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg/120px-%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E8%B3%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E8%B3%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg/180px-%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E8%B3%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E8%B3%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg/240px-%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E8%B3%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%97%E7%A5%A0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1337" data-file-height="756" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lai_(Chinese_surname)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lai (Chinese surname)">Lai</a> shrine in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shu-Shan_Ancestral_Shrine,_Main_Shrine,_Ancestral_Tablets,_Tianzhong_Township,_Changhua_County_(Taiwan).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Xiao shrine in Tianzhong Township of Changhua County, Taiwan"><img alt="Xiao shrine in Tianzhong Township of Changhua County, Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Shu-Shan_Ancestral_Shrine%2C_Main_Shrine%2C_Ancestral_Tablets%2C_Tianzhong_Township%2C_Changhua_County_%28Taiwan%29.jpg/120px-Shu-Shan_Ancestral_Shrine%2C_Main_Shrine%2C_Ancestral_Tablets%2C_Tianzhong_Township%2C_Changhua_County_%28Taiwan%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Shu-Shan_Ancestral_Shrine%2C_Main_Shrine%2C_Ancestral_Tablets%2C_Tianzhong_Township%2C_Changhua_County_%28Taiwan%29.jpg/180px-Shu-Shan_Ancestral_Shrine%2C_Main_Shrine%2C_Ancestral_Tablets%2C_Tianzhong_Township%2C_Changhua_County_%28Taiwan%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Shu-Shan_Ancestral_Shrine%2C_Main_Shrine%2C_Ancestral_Tablets%2C_Tianzhong_Township%2C_Changhua_County_%28Taiwan%29.jpg/240px-Shu-Shan_Ancestral_Shrine%2C_Main_Shrine%2C_Ancestral_Tablets%2C_Tianzhong_Township%2C_Changhua_County_%28Taiwan%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4776" data-file-height="3162" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Xiao_(surname)" title="Xiao (surname)">Xiao</a> shrine in <a href="/wiki/Tianzhong,_Changhua" class="mw-redirect" title="Tianzhong, Changhua">Tianzhong Township</a> of <a href="/wiki/Changhua_County" title="Changhua County">Changhua County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Public_ancestral_shrine_in_Chinatown_Complex_of_Singapore.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Public ancestral shrine in Chinatown Complex Food Centre, Singapore"><img alt="Public ancestral shrine in Chinatown Complex Food Centre, Singapore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Public_ancestral_shrine_in_Chinatown_Complex_of_Singapore.jpg/80px-Public_ancestral_shrine_in_Chinatown_Complex_of_Singapore.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Public_ancestral_shrine_in_Chinatown_Complex_of_Singapore.jpg/120px-Public_ancestral_shrine_in_Chinatown_Complex_of_Singapore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Public_ancestral_shrine_in_Chinatown_Complex_of_Singapore.jpg/160px-Public_ancestral_shrine_in_Chinatown_Complex_of_Singapore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Public ancestral shrine in Chinatown Complex Food Centre, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" 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title="Chinatown, Bangkok">Chinatown, Bangkok</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancestral_shrine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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