cí 祠

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Terms

  • ci (Pinyin without tones)1
  • 祠 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 祠 (Simplified Chinese)
  • cí (Pinyin)1
  • tz`u (Wade-Giles)

Gloss

    1. shrine; a memorial building for remembering, venerating, and/or worshiping spirits, such as nature spirits, ancestors, or those acknowledged for having made significant achievements; 2. the cultic sacrifice taking place in a shrine (Guo 2002, 27; Fu 2017, 351; Miller 2007, 32-33; Kroll 2017，online edition)2

    1. 神社; 紀念、崇拜和/或祭祀神靈的紀念性建築，例如自然神靈、祖先或因取得重大成就而獲得認可的神靈；2. 在神社舉行的祭祀 (Guo 2002, 27; Fu 2017, 351; Miller 2007, 32-33; Kroll 2017, online edition)2

    


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  • 1 漢語大詞典編纂処. 2011. 漢語大詞典, accessed May 28, 2022.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, 27.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; FU. 2017. Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays, 351.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; MILLER. 2007. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci, 32-33.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; KROLL. 2016. A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, accessed May 27, 2022.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Tracy Miller et al., “ 祠 cí” in Architectura Sinica last modified June 1, 2022, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000073.

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Tracy Miller et al., “ 祠 cí.” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published March 21, 2018. https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000073.

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Entry Title: 祠 cí

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  • Tracy Miller, editor, Architectura Sinica
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