Temple name
name bestowed to a monarch after death (East Asia)
In East Asia, a temple name is a name given to monarchs. It is given after a monarch has died. It is used for ancestor worship. It describes how a king or an emperor rules his kingdom when they were alive. It is used in China, Korea, and Vietnam. Japan does not use temple names.
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廟號 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 庙号 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese | Miếu hiệu | ||||||||||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 廟號 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 묘호 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 廟號 | ||||||||||||||||
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