宗庙

宗廟
zōngmiào
noun #27,786

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 ancestral temple
  2. 2 ancestral shrine
  3. 3 imperial ancestral hall

Examples

Gǔdài huángdì dìngqī dào zōngmiào jì zǔ.
Ancient emperors regularly went to the ancestral temple to offer sacrifices to their ancestors.
Zōngmiào shì Zhōngguó chuántǒng lǐzhì wénhuà de zhòngyào zǔchéng bùfen.
Ancestral temples are an important component of China's traditional ritual culture.

Tips

culture
In ancient China, 宗庙 were sacred spaces where the ruling family's ancestors were venerated. The state's stability was considered inseparable from the proper maintenance of the ancestral temple — losing the 宗庙 was synonymous with losing the dynasty.

Stroke Order

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