| Introduction: What Are Ancestral Temples |
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Chapter 1 The Origins of China's Ancestral Temples |
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I Nature and ancestral worship |
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II Primitive sacrificial activities |
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III Ancestral worship activities during the Shang Dynasty |
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Chapter 2 The Emergence of Clan Ancestral Temples During the Zhou Dynasty |
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I The title-granting system and the patriarchal clan system during the Zhou Dynasty |
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II Sacrifice was regarded by the nation as a top priority during the Zhou Dynasty |
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III Laws concerning ancestral temples during the Zhou Dynasty |
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IV Clan ancestral temple sacrifice during the Zhou Dynasty |
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V The spectacular clan ancestral temple worship in the Zhou Dynasty |
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Chapter 3 Mausoleum Temples Built During the Han Dynasty |
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I Changes in sacrificial rituals during the Spring and Autumn period |
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II Sacrifice in the ancestral temple during the Han Dynasty |
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III The emergence of mausoleum temples during the Han Dynasty |
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IV The structure of the mausoleum temple |
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V The decline of mausoleum ancestral temples |
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VI Resurrection of the ancestral temple sacrificial ritual system |
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Chapter 4 Family Ancestral Temples Built in the Tang Dynasty |
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I Establishing a new elite group with the royal family at its core |
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II Stipulations on the ritual systems within family ancestral temples in Kaiyuan Rituals |
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III The location of family ancestral temples |
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IV The sacrificial rituals in family temples |
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V Inheritance of an ancestral temple |
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Chapter 5 Family Ancestral Temples Built in the Song Dynasty |
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I Clan groups of the Song Dynasty |
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II Three discussions by the imperial court on the family ancestral temple system |
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III Family ancestral temples - a new site of worship for scholars and the lower class |
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IV The Family Rituals of Zhu Xi |
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V The evolution of family temples into clan ancestral temples in the Yuan Dynasty |
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Chapter 6 Ancestral Temples Built During the Ming and Qing Dynasties |
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I Increasingly intensified clan organizations in the Ming and Qing dynasties |
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II Ming and Qing Dynasty ancestral temples around China |
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III Ancestral temples in Huizhou |
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IV Ancestral temples in Guangzhou |
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V Ancestral temples in the north |
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VI Ancestral temples of ethnic minorities |
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Chapter 7 Contemporary Ancestral Temples |
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I The three major blows to ancestral temples in mainland China |
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II Ancestral temples preserved through historical twists and turns |
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III The value of contemporary ancestral temples |
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IV Ancestral temples in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan |
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Chapter 1 Categories of Ancestral Temples |
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I The categories and distribution of ancestral temples |
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II The ancestral temple of the imperial family |
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III Clan ancestral temples |
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IV Clan ancestral temples, branch ancestral temples and family ancestral temples |
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V The Confucius temple ("Wenmiao") |
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VI Celebrity ancestral temples |
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VII Life, temporary, combined and group temples |
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Chapter 2 Ancestral Temple Architecture |
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I The different architecture of ancestral temples |
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II Architectural elements of ancestral temples |
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III Examples of ancestral temple structure |
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IV Ancestral temple furnishings |
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V The environment of ancestral temples |
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VI Funds for building ancestral temples |
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Chapter 3 Sacrificial Rituals in Ancestral Temples |
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I Regular, special and large-scaled worship ceremonies |
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II Pre-worship preparations |
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III The sacrificial ceremony |
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IV Courtesy calls, dinner parties and the distribution of sacrifices |
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V The purposes of ancestral temple worship |
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Chapter 4 Supplying Sacrifices From the Temple's Fields |
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I Zhu Xi's Family Rituals; fields "providing for sacrifices" |
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II Obtaining fields to provide for sacrifices |
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III Uses of the money generated by the ancestral temple fields |
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Chapter 5 The Management of Ancestral Temples |
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I Placement of the spirit tablets |
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II The rules for entering the ancestral temple |
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III The rules and regulations of ancestral temples |
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IV The clan leader's role |
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Chapter 6 The Culture of Ancestral Temples |
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I Ancestral temple titles |
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II Ancestral temple couplets |
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III Ancestral temple opera |
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Chapter 7 The Functions of Ancestral Temples |
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II Genealogical records modification |
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VI Business meetings and similar activities |
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| Appendix A The List of Ancestral Temples of National Key Cultural Relics for Preservation |
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| Appendix B Bibliography |
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| Appendix C Research Papers on Chinese Ancestral Temples (1888--2012) |
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