tàimiào 太廟

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Terms

  • taimiao (Pinyin without tones)
  • 太廟 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 太庙 (Simplified Chinese)
  • tàimiào (Pinyin)1
  • t'ai-miao (Wade-Giles)

Gloss

    literally: grand temple; the imperial ancestral temple (Guo 2002, 77; Fu 2017, 367)2

    皇帝以皇帝身份祭祀祖先的地方。2

Works Cited

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  • 1 GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, 77.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, 77.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; FU. 2017. Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays, 367.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

CMW S21, “ 太廟 tàimiào” in Architectura Sinica last modified May 3, 2021, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000174.

Bibliography:

CMW S21, “ 太廟 tàimiào.” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published April 8, 2021. https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000174.

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Entry Title: 太廟 tàimiào

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  • Tracy Miller, editor, Architectura Sinica
  • ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净, associate editor, Architectural Terminology
  • CMW S21, entry contributor, “ 太廟 tàimiào”

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  • Data entry, adding citations and gloss 2021 by HUANG Danni 黄聃婗

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