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Types of Sacred Spaces
12019-11-27T22:29:49-05:00Evan Dawley7a40080bd5bb656cee837d5befaa3ea8e7a2ac44354A subsidiary of Sacred Geographyplain2020-02-29T20:15:29-05:00Evan Dawley7a40080bd5bb656cee837d5befaa3ea8e7a2ac44Within Taiwan during the era of Japanese rule, the physical sacred spaces—the earthly homes of deities—went by many names, each of which was associated with a particular tradition, and a particular ethnic community. On the Taiwanese side, most institutions were (and are) called gong宮, miao廟, or simiao寺廟; on the Japanese side, Shinto institutions were (and are) called jinja神社. All Buddhist institutions could be called si or ji寺 (the first term is the Mandarin pronunciation, the second the Japanese), but some Taiwanese sites were also referred to as zhaitang齋堂. These nuances are largely lost in English, since the words temple and shrine are largely interchangeable in meaning. Within this module, I use “temple” for all sacred spaces, although I reserve “shrine” specifically for those within the Shinto tradition.