ancestral temple
Lineage worship site
An ancestral temple is a building dedicated to honoring deceased family members, particularly in East Asian cultures.
Families gather there to perform rituals, make offerings, and venerate ancestors whose spirit tablets are enshrined within.
The practice reflects beliefs that the dead continue to influence the living and deserve ongoing respect: The clan maintained their ancestral temple for generations.
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- burning incenseCombusting aromatic substances
- joss paperRitual paper for burning
- altarSacred ritual table
- shrineSacred devotional place
ritual offerings · prayer · tablet · genealogy records · family lineage · family tree · offering · filial piety · kinship · deity · sandalwood · worship · rituals · sacrifice · statue · spiritual devotion · historical preservation · cultural heritage
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Large indoor retail center
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Place for interring remains
graveyard · burial ground · mausoleum · crypt · tomb
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