The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Qi Si — Seven Sacrifices to Household Spirits 七祀

Qi Si — Seven Sacrifices to Household Spirits 七祀

Paul Peng

Qi Si (七祀) is the ancient Chinese system of seven household spirit sacrifices — Siming, Zhongliu, Guomen, Guoxing, Taili, Hu, and Zao — established by the king for the people.

Qi Si — Seven Sacrifices to Household Spirits 七祀

Paul Peng

Qi Si (七祀) is the ancient Chinese system of seven household spirit sacrifices — Siming, Zhongliu, Guomen, Guoxing, Taili, Hu, and Zao — established by the king for the people.

Shi Cai — Scholar Vegetable Offering Initiation Rite 释菜

Shi Cai — Scholar Vegetable Offering Initiation...

Paul Peng

Shi Cai (释菜) is the ancient Chinese scholar initiation ritual where new students offered fresh spring vegetables to honor the spirits of the teacher-sages upon entering school.

Shi Cai — Scholar Vegetable Offering Initiation...

Paul Peng

Shi Cai (释菜) is the ancient Chinese scholar initiation ritual where new students offered fresh spring vegetables to honor the spirits of the teacher-sages upon entering school.

Ji Ri — Register Day Year-End Sacrifice 籍日

Ji Ri — Register Day Year-End Sacrifice 籍日

Paul Peng

Ji Ri (籍日) is the ancient Chinese year-end register day sacrifice related to the La Ji system, involving formal ritual accounting of the community's blessings before the spirits.

Ji Ri — Register Day Year-End Sacrifice 籍日

Paul Peng

Ji Ri (籍日) is the ancient Chinese year-end register day sacrifice related to the La Ji system, involving formal ritual accounting of the community's blessings before the spirits.

Da Si — Great Sacrifice in Ancient Chinese State Ritual 大祀

Da Si — Great Sacrifice in Ancient Chinese Stat...

Paul Peng

Da Si (大祀) is the highest grade of ancient Chinese state sacrifice, offering jade, silk, and pure victims to Heaven, Earth, and the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Da Si — Great Sacrifice in Ancient Chinese Stat...

Paul Peng

Da Si (大祀) is the highest grade of ancient Chinese state sacrifice, offering jade, silk, and pure victims to Heaven, Earth, and the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Zong Miao: Sovereign Ancestral Temple in Ancient China 宗庙

Zong Miao: Sovereign Ancestral Temple in Ancien...

Paul Peng

Zong Miao (宗庙, Zōng Miào) is the sovereign ancestral temple of ancient China — the ritual venue where emperors, feudal lords, and ranked officials performed seasonal sacrifices to their ancestors...

Zong Miao: Sovereign Ancestral Temple in Ancien...

Paul Peng

Zong Miao (宗庙, Zōng Miào) is the sovereign ancestral temple of ancient China — the ritual venue where emperors, feudal lords, and ranked officials performed seasonal sacrifices to their ancestors...

Zong Ci: Chinese Ancestral Hall Sacrificial Tradition  宗祠

Zong Ci: Chinese Ancestral Hall Sacrificial Tra...

Paul Peng

Zong Ci (宗祠, Zōng Cí) is the Chinese clan ancestral hall where lineage-based sacrificial rites to ancestors are performed — from the Han Dynasty’s earliest recorded shrines for virtuous officials...

Zong Ci: Chinese Ancestral Hall Sacrificial Tra...

Paul Peng

Zong Ci (宗祠, Zōng Cí) is the Chinese clan ancestral hall where lineage-based sacrificial rites to ancestors are performed — from the Han Dynasty’s earliest recorded shrines for virtuous officials...