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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

33d