Family temple - Kabyo

Japanese: 家廟 - かびょう
Family temple - Kabyo

…In China, a building for worshiping the mortuary tablets of ancestors. For the emperor, it is called an ancestral temple (or a temple), and for those of lower rank, it is called a family temple (or a shrine). Its construction dates back to the Yin dynasty.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "family temples" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国において,祖先の位牌をまつる建物。天子については宗廟(または太廟)といい,それ以下の階級については家廟(または祠堂)という。その営建は殷代にまでさかのぼる。…

※「家廟」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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