Jin Shrines, Shrine to the Eastern Peak, offering hall  東嶽祠享堂

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Names

  • Shrine to the Eastern Peak, offering hall (English)
  • 東嶽祠享堂 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 东岳祠享堂 (Simplified Chinese)
  • Dōngyuècí xiǎngtáng (Pinyin)
  • Tung-yüeh-tz'u hsiang-t'ang (Wade-Giles)
  • 東嶽廟享堂 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 东岳庙享堂 (Simplified Chinese)
  • Temple to the Eastern Peak, offerinfg hall (English)
  • Dōngyuèmiào xiǎngtáng (Pinyin)
  • 泰山廟享堂 (Traditional Chinese)
  • Temple to the Mount Tai, offering hall (English)
  • Taishanmiao xiǎngtáng (Pinyin)

Location

  • Coordinates:
    • Lat. 37.708685° Long. 112.435896°

    • Building Information

    The offering hall is the second building on axis, and it is located directly north of the entry gateway. The building is square in plan with a single doorway in all four directions. It has a hip-gable (xieshan 歇山) roof which likely dates to the Qing dynasty restoration of the site (Liu et al. 2015, vol. 7, 1). 1

    Date 1342-1877
    Dynasty Yuan - Qing 1279 - 1912 2

    Works Cited

    Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

    • 1 刘. 2015. 晋祠文化遗产全书, vol. 7, 1.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; MILLER. 2007. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci, 190.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 2 WILKINSON. 2000. Chinese History: A Manual, 12.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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    Entry Title: Jin Shrines, Shrine to the Eastern Peak, offering hall 東嶽祠享堂

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