cítáng

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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).
cítáng
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024