What are the origins of temples and temples?

Nowadays, when you go out to travel, you will often see temples, temples, ancestral halls, temples, temples, and nunnery in various places. But there are many people who don't know the origin of these religious buildings and their differences. Let's talk about this temple first, in fact, in ancient times, temple was not the meaning of temple at all.

He began with the official name of a court guard. For example, we have also heard of 'Dali Temple' and 'Taichang Temple'. In the Western Han Dynasty, the system of three princes and nine kings was established.

The official office of the three princes is called the government. The official office of Jiuqing is called a temple, just like the 'Honglu Temple' in the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tianzhu monks came to our dynasty with the white horse scripture book, the initial foothold was in the Honglu Temple in Luoyang, and later the Honglu Temple was corrected into the White Horse Temple, so this temple became the general name of the monks to live, after the Tang Dynasty, this temple is no longer the name of the official office, and gradually becomes the special term of Chinese Buddhist architecture.

The temple was originally a place where people with status and status worshiped their ancestors in ancient times. The royal family has a temple. **There is a family temple in the home.

In order to worship the gods, there will also be temples in various places, and the temples are dedicated to Bodhisattvas, such as 'Guanyin Temple'. There are also some saints who also build temples, such as 'Confucius Temple' and 'Guan Gong Temple'. Rural people will also find a place for their own spiritual sustenance, and will build a 'land temple' in the local area.

The ancestral hall is generally a little similar to the temple, and it is usually the place where the ancestors of the same clan worship their ancestors, called the ancestral hall, also called the ancestral hall. It is mainly a place to enshrine ancestral tablets, and a public place for families to discuss important events.

Guan is now a general term for Taoist temples. In ancient times, a temple was an observation point built on a high platform, and it was generally used to observe the stars in the past. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built the 'Longevity Temple' in Ganquan, it became a trend to build Taoist temples in various places, and gradually evolved into the unified building and name of Taoist temples.

The hermitage, which started as a small thatched house, was mostly located in a remote and quiet place. Literati and writers also like to take the word 'an' in their own study. It also means quiet and elegant.

After the Han Dynasty, Buddhism gradually became popular, and a number of female monks appeared. In order to distinguish it from the monks, some special places for ** nuns to live were built, and at that time, in order to express the meaning of meditation practice, they were named 'nunnery'. Therefore, after that, the nunnery became the name of the special building for Buddhist women to become monks.

The temple was originally the name of the official office, and later became the name of Buddhist architecture in the Tang Dynasty; In ancient times, the temple was a place to worship ancestors; The ancestral hall is used to worship the ancestral tablets, where important matters are discussed; In ancient times, the temple was just an observation point, and during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it slowly evolved into a Taoist temple; Originally a thatched hut, the nunnery became a place for Buddhist women to become monks in order to distinguish it from monks.

They all come from the Buddhist scriptures, because these are all about some sayings in the temple, so they are also evolved from Buddhism, and there are also some places through Chinese Taoism, which is also a native religion and represents a lot of meanings, and some places also have unique names.

Temple, the overall representative is about some of the buildings of Buddhism, is a general term, temple, in ancient times was also used for sacrifice, ancestral hall, is some people who have made great contributions, built some buildings, view, on behalf of some Taoist buildings, nunnery, which are usually women, generally the choice of women to become monks.

Temple refers to court personnel. In ancient times, the temple was a place to worship ancestors. The shrine was built to commemorate great men and celebrities. Observation is the observation of the stars by ancient astronomers. An is a small thatched hut in ancient times.

The first is only for men, but the second is for female monks, and the temple is a Taoist building, but the nunnery is a Buddhist building. You can see what their architecture looks like.

The difference is that if you look at the architectural style, the architectural style is the same as the slag. Generally, the first one has a green brick, and the second one is a red brick. The third has Liang Hong's very good eaves, and the fourth has water.

A temple refers to a place where monks live and practice; A temple refers to a place dedicated to gods or literati and warriors; Guan refers to Taoist architecture; An antheminium is a building where nuns practice and liveThey are all very different in ancient times, but in modern times they are basically collectively referred to as religious buildings.

Where there is religion, there are religious buildings, and there are many types of religious buildings, the most of which are temples and temples, such as Yanqing Temple, palaces, halls, and so on. Nowadays, people know very little about religion and culture, and think that these all belong to the same category, but in fact, this statement is wrong, and there is a difference between them.

Temple The word temple began in the Western Zhou DynastyIt is a place to worship ancestorsWe know that in ancient times, the importance of ancestors was higher than that of contemporary times, so the requirements for temples were very strict, and there was a hierarchy. There are many types such as "Taimiao" (the emperor's ancestral temple) and "family temple" (**, the people's ancestral temple). TwoAfter the Han Dynasty, it became a temple dedicated to the gods, and some temples were used to pay tribute to some famous figures, Confucius Temple, Guan Gong Temple and so on.

Temples and temples are places where monks live and live. Guan is the place where Taoist priests live and live. The nunnery is where the nuns live.

In religious buildings, temples and nunnery are both called Buddhist buildings, while Taoist buildings are called guan, and traditional Chinese sacrificial buildings are called nunnery, altars, etc., which are the names of different buildings. It is also different in the form and style of architecture.

The temple in ancient religious architecture refers to the monk's temple, the temple refers to Taoism, and the temple generally refers to Taoism, referring to the nunnery, referring to the place where women become monks.

Fourth, the use of the nunnery is to say that the nunnery is a small grass house in ancient times, a group of scholars read in this small grass house, and then used in the place where some nuns live, and now it has become the name of the place where women go to become monks, nunnery, there are only women in it, there are no monks, and it is made into a nunnery.

What is the difference between "temple" and "temple", it is really not the same thing.

People often see temples, temples, ancestral halls, temples, nunnery and other buildings. Some people refer to these buildings collectively as religious buildings, which is wrong. Or as the saying goes'If you can run, the monk can't run the temple'In fact, this is also wrong, the monk does not live in the temple.

So, what is the difference between a temple, a temple, an ancestral hall, a temple, and a nunnery?

Temple "Sayings" cloud'Tingya', that is, the palace guards, and the official office of the temple in the future is also called'Temple', such as:'Dali Temple'、'Taijoji Temple'Wait. Dali Temple is the first judicial organ, and Taichang Temple is the department in charge of the rituals of the temple. The Western Han Dynasty was established'Three Princes and Nine Secretaries'system, the official office of the three public is called'House', Jiuqing's official office called it'Temple', the so-called'Three mansions and nine temples'。

In the Han Dynasty, there was a Honglu Qing in the Nine Qings, who was in charge of the Buda Emperor's order and dealt with the guests, and his official office was called'Honglu Temple', roughly equivalent to what later became the Protocol Division. Legend has it that during the Ming Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Tianzhu monks came to the east with white horses and originally lived in Luoyang'Honglu Temple'。Later, Honglu Temple was rebuilt and named'White Horse Temple'。

As a result, the temple became the common name for the monks' residences. In Sanskrit,'Temple'It's called Sangha Rama, which means'The garden where the monks lived. 'After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the temple became less and less an official office, and gradually became a special term for Chinese Buddhist architecture.

In ancient times, the temple was a place to worship ancestors. At that time, there were strict hierarchical restrictions on the size of the temple. The Book of Rites says:

Seven temples of the Son of Heaven, five temples of Qing, three temples of doctors, and one temple of scholars. ''Taimiao'It is the ancestral temple of the emperor, and other people who have officials can also be established according to the system'Family Temple'。After the Han Dynasty, the temple gradually mixed with the original shrine (land temple), and transformed into a shrine under the control of the Yin Cao Prefecture and the desecration of the rivers and rivers, and the city of the city.

People die and are called ghosts'As a place to worship ghosts and gods, the temple is also often used to seal and chase literati and warriors, such as the Temple of Literature - Confucius Temple, and the Martial Temple - Guan Yu Temple.

Shrine An offering house (equivalent to a memorial hall) built to commemorate great men and celebrities. This is somewhat similar to the temple, so it is often called the place where the descendants of the same clan worship their ancestors'Ancestral hall'。The ancestral hall first appeared in the Han Dynasty, according to the "Hanshu Xun Biography".'Wen Weng finally Shu, the people for the ancestral hall.

Timely (referring to birthdays and deaths) rituals are endless. 'At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a trend of building ancestral halls in society to raise the family lineage, and even the living built them for themselves'Ancestral Hall'。As a result, the number of shrines increased.

View "Interpretation of Names" cloud:'The viewer is also watching from above'。Observation is the observation of stars by ancient astronomers'Astronomical Observatory'。

The history records that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made it in Ganquan'Longevity concept'Later, built'view'Welcoming immortals has become a trend. It is rumored that it was the first to live in the royal family'view'The Taoist priest in the Han Dynasty was Wang Zhongdu of the Han Dynasty. He was introduced into the palace for curing the stubborn illness of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty'Kunming view'。

Since then, Taoists have been grateful to the emperor and have called Taoist architecture'view'。

In ancient times, it was a kind of small thatched hut, that is, the so-called'The grass is a hermitage'。The study of the literati in the old days was also called'An', such as:'Old school'、'Kagemei-an'。After the Han Dynasty, some nunnery was built for Buddhist nuns to live in, so'An'It has also become the name of a special building for Buddhist women to become monks and practice Buddhist affairs.

Temples, temples, ancestral halls, temples, and nunnery are different, so please don't get confused.

What is the difference between a temple, a temple, an ancestral hall, a temple, and a nunnery?

The difference between temple, temple, ancestral hall, view and nunnery is that people are different, the temple is the name of the Buddhist building, the temple is a place to worship the ancestors in ancient times, and later became a place of worship for the gods, and it is also a place to worship the literati and warriors, the temple is a building built to commemorate the great man and a famous man, the temple is a Taoist building, and the nunnery is the place where the Buddhist woman becomes a monk.