ancestral hall; mortuary tablet hall
A hall within a Buddhist temple grounds where mortuary tablets of lay parishioners are kept and memorial services are held.
A small shrine or sanctuary, often within a temple or sacred precinct, dedicated to a specific deity or spirit.
In this temple's ancestral hall, the mortuary tablets of the parishioners are enshrined.
A small shrine stands quietly in a corner of the temple grounds.
From Chinese 祠堂 (cítáng), meaning ancestral hall or shrine. The Japanese reading しどう is the on'yomi of the characters.