What is Miao shrine?
[[File:Nhị_Phủ.jpg|link=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Nh%E1%BB%8B_Ph%E1%BB%A7.jpg/240px-Nh%E1%BB%8B_Ph%E1%BB%A7.jpg|right|thumb|240x240px|Nhi Phu Miao - [[Ho Chi Minh City]]]] [[File:Voi_ré_2.jpg|link=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Voi_r%C3%A9_2.jpg/240px-Voi_r%C3%A9_2.jpg|right|thumb|240x240px|Miao of Long Chau-[[Thừa Thiên Huế Province|Thua Thien Hue province]]]] '''''Miao (廟)''''' are buildings in [[East Asian cultural sphere|East Asian]] religions where people worship gods and legendary heroes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=二、道教宮廟組織或管理章程範例－適用管理人制|url=https://cabu.kcg.gov.tw/Web/FileDownLoad/FileUpload/20160111175017411680.pdf|access-date=27 July 2022|website=Cabu.kcg.gov.tw|format=PDF|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028062933/https://cabu.kcg.gov.tw/Web/FileDownLoad/FileUpload/20160111175017411680.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are a kind of Chinese temple and are different than [[Ci shrine|Ci Shrines]] where people are worshipped instead of gods. The word shenmiao (神庙, lit God-Miao) is normally translated as [[temple]] == Related pages == * [[Mausoleum]] * [[Shinto shrine]] * [[Mitamaya]] (uses the same character) == References == {{reflist}} {{Religious Confucianism}} [[Category:Temples]] [[Category:Taoism]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Vietnam]] [[Category:Pages with unreviewed translations]] [[Category:Death customs]] [[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Asia]] {{asia-stub}}