CHINESE MONASTERIES, TEMPLES, SHRINES, ALTARS
PLAN OF A TYPICAL MEDIUM-SIZED
TRADITIONAL FOLK RELIGION TEMPLE-HONG KONG
(with main hall and secondary halls)
Fig. 3
1. Table for offerings
2. Altar table
3. Main altar in main hall
4. Secondary altars in main hall
5. Main altar in secondary hall 6. Spirit doors
7. Shrine
8. Shrine
Doorway Official (11)
The Earth God
(土地公)
9. Main doors with guardians
painted on them
10. The tutelary deity of the building a tablet under the main altar
11. Side altar
A. Under altar (T) (beneath a
secondary altar)
B. Side room (44) (storage areas) C. Side room (temple keeper's
accommodation)
D. Entrance hall (")
E. Forecourt (*)
F. Passageway ()
G. Courtyard (unroofed) (#)
H. The main hall (EA) otherwise known as the Zheng Dian (EM) or Gong (palace) (g)
K. Secondary hall
L.
X
Incinerator
Life size images of aides to the main deity
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