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cítáng (halls (single built works), <single built works by design>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Citang is a type of building for performing sacrificial rituals to family ancestors, well-known people, religious figures, and nature spirits in traditional China. Citang 祠堂 is a compound word, in which ci means “sacrifice” and can be used as a verb, while tang is a noun indicating a type of building. The term citang as a whole means “a building used for worship” and was first found in the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE) history Han shu (Ban 1962, 2948; 3085).
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| Terms: |
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| cítáng (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L)
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| cítáng (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P,D,U)
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| ancestral temple (C,V,English,UF,T)
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| ancestral hall (C,U,English,UF,T)
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| citang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),D,U)
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| sacrificial hall (C,U,English,UF,T)
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| tz'u-t'ang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),D,U)
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| 祠堂 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),D,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.RK |
Hierarchical Position:
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Objects Facet |
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.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ single built works (built environment) (G) |
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................ <single built works by specific type> (G) |
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.................... <single built works by design> (G) |
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........................ halls (single built works) (G) |
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............................ cítáng (G,U) |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ single built works (built environment) (G) |
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................ <single built works by specific type> (G) |
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.................... <single built works by function> (G) |
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........................ ceremonial structures (G) |
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............................ religious structures (G) |
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................................ religious buildings (G) |
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.................................... temples (buildings) (G) |
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........................................ <temples by function> (G) |
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............................................ cítáng (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 祠堂是中國古代用于祭祀家族先祖、名人先贤、与自然神祇的房屋建築。祠堂是一個複合詞，祠”最初的含義為“祭祀”，可做動詞使用，而“堂”為名詞表示房屋。祠堂一詞作為整體表示“用於祭祀的房屋”，最早見於《漢書》（班 1962，2948；3085）。 |
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