ancestral shrine

temples dedicated to deified ancestors in East Asian culture
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ancestral shrine

Summary

ancestral shrine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ancestral shrine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh98002760[2].
  • ancestral shrine's subclass of is recorded as building[3].
  • ancestral shrine's subclass of is recorded as Ci Shrine[4].
  • ancestral shrine's has use is recorded as ancestor veneration in China[5].
  • ancestral shrine's Commons category is recorded as Ancestral halls[6].
  • ancestral shrine's commemorates is recorded as ancestor[7].
  • ancestral shrine's commemorates is recorded as progenitor[8].
  • ancestral shrine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g9x4zm[9].
  • ancestral shrine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancestral shrines[10].
  • ancestral shrine's National Library of Korea ID is recorded as KSH2000031594[11].
  • ancestral shrine's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0025442[12].
  • ancestral shrine's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0025837[13].
  • ancestral shrine's Miraheze article ID is recorded as shinto:Ancestral shrine[14].
  • ancestral shrine's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as q9kajqxm[15].
  • ancestral shrine's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/8a514cb9-2999-4e9d-b4bc-cb6a50906efd[16].

Why It Matters

ancestral shrine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ancestral-shrine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ancestral shrine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ancestral-shrine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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