Meaning of 祠堂
祠堂 means ancestral hall in a clan system; memorial hall built for a public figure. Pronounced cí táng.
- ancestral hall in a clan system
- memorial hall built for a public figure
Definitions & Examples
Měi每
nián年
qīng清
míng明
jié节
，
quán全
zú族
rén人
dōu都
huì会
zài在
cí祠
táng堂
jì祭
zǔ祖
。
Every Qingming Festival, all clan members worship their ancestors in the ancestral hall.
Zhè这
gè个
cūn村
zi子
lǐ里
de的
Wáng王
shì氏
cí祠
táng堂
yǐ已
yǒu有
sān三
bǎi百
nián年
lì历
shǐ史
。
The Wang Clan ancestral hall in this village has a history of three hundred years.
Cí祠
táng堂
lǐ里
gòng供
fèng奉
zhe着
liè列
zǔ祖
liè列
zōng宗
de的
pái牌
wèi位
。
Tablets of successive ancestors are enshrined in the ancestral hall.