What is Ci shrine?
[[File:國民革命忠烈祠大殿_20120818.jpg|link=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/%E5%9C%8B%E6%B0%91%E9%9D%A9%E5%91%BD%E5%BF%A0%E7%83%88%E7%A5%A0%E5%A4%A7%E6%AE%BF_20120818.jpg/220px-%E5%9C%8B%E6%B0%91%E9%9D%A9%E5%91%BD%E5%BF%A0%E7%83%88%E7%A5%A0%E5%A4%A7%E6%AE%BF_20120818.jpg|thumb|Taipei Yuanshan Loyalty Shrine]] {{Infobox Chinese | c = 祠 | p = Ci }} A '''Ci shrine''', (祠), is a kind of religious building that originated in [[Greater China|China]]. They are used for honoring people and ancestors.<ref>{{Cite web|last=教育部,卡米爾|title=教育百科 {{!}} 教育雲線上字典|url=https://pedia.cloud.edu.tw/Entry/Detail/?title=%E7%A5%A0|access-date=2022-07-26|website=pedia.cloud.edu.tw|language=zh-TW}}</ref> They are a kind of Chinese temple and are different from [[Miao shrine|Miao Shrines]] which honor deities instead of people and ancestors.<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|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> Ci shrines were often built by the public to worship public figures, sometimes living ones. In the [[Ming dynasty]], the people of Teng County built a ci shrine to the life of Zhao Bangqing. [[Hero shrine]]s were built to heroes who died for the country.<ref>蔡錦堂:〈從神社忠烈祠－－戰前與戰後台灣「國家宗祀的轉換」〉。</ref> The [[Chinese hero cult]] honors such heroes at Ci shrines.<ref>{{Cite web|title=義民爺 - 新北市客家民俗信仰館|url=https://www.hakka-beliefs.ntpc.gov.tw/files/15-1001-1565,c405-1.php|access-date=2022-07-26|website=www.hakka-beliefs.ntpc.gov.tw}}</ref> [[File:祠svg.svg|thumb|The character for Ci shrine]] Since ci and [[Miao shrine|miao]] are similar, sometimes they are mixed together. Some ci shrines are dedicated to [[Religious Confucianism|Confucian]], [[Taoism|Daoist]], or [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] deities such as [[Wong Tai Sin Temple]].<ref>https://archive.today/