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Sacrifice to Heaven | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 祭天 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 祭天 | ||||||
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Vietnamese name | |||||||
Vietnamese alphabet | Tế Thiên Lễ tế Nam Giao | ||||||
Chữ Hán | 祭天 禮祭南郊 | ||||||
Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 제천 | ||||||
Hanja | 祭天 | ||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||
Kanji | 祭天 | ||||||
Hiragana | さいてん | ||||||
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Sacrifice to Heaven (Chinese: 祭天; pinyin: Jìtiān) is an Asian religious practice originating in the worship of Shangdi in China. In Ancient Chinese society, nobles of all levels constructed altars for Heaven. At first, only nobles could worship Shangdi[1][2] but later beliefs changed and everyone could worship Shangdi.
Modern Confucian churches make this practice available to all believers and it continues in China without a monarch.
It has been influential on areas outside of China including Japan, Vietnam, and Korea.
The Jì (祭) in the Chinese name is the same Je as in Jesa.
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