Ci shrine
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A Ci shrine, (祠), is a kind of religious building that originated in China. They are used for honoring people and ancestors.[1]
They are a kind of Chinese temple and are different from Miao Shrines which honor deities instead of people and ancestors.[2]
Ci shrines were often built by the public to worship public figures, sometimes living ones. In the Ming dynasty, the people of Teng County built a ci shrine to the life of Zhao Bangqing. Hero shrines were built to heroes who died for the country.[3] The Chinese hero cult honors such heroes at Ci shrines.[4]
Since ci and miao are similar, sometimes they are mixed together. Some ci shrines are dedicated to Confucian, Daoist, or Buddhist deities such as Wong Tai Sin Temple.[5]
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- ↑ 教育部,卡米爾. "教育百科 | 教育雲線上字典". pedia.cloud.edu.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ↑ "二、道教宮廟組織或管理章程範例－適用管理人制" (PDF). Cabu.kcg.gov.tw. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ↑ 蔡錦堂:〈從神社忠烈祠－－戰前與戰後台灣「國家宗祀的轉換」〉。
- ↑ "義民爺 - 新北市客家民俗信仰館". www.hakka-beliefs.ntpc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ↑ https://archive.today/20220920045407/https://eastweek.my-magazine.me/main/3782