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祠 is a phono-semantic compound: the left side radical 礻, meaning 'spirit' or 'altar', signals a connection to religious rituals, deities, and ancestral worship, while 司 on the right provides the sound. Historically, the character first served as a verb meaning to offer sacrifices to gods, spirits, or ancestors at the turn of the seasons. By extension, it later became a noun for the place where such rites occurred, an ancestral temple, memorial shrine, or worship hall.
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我们去了祠堂。
这个祠堂很古老。
他们在祠堂里祭祀。
每年春节我们都去祠堂。
祠堂的建筑风格很独特。
这座宗祠历史悠久。
为了纪念祖先我们修建了祠堂。
祠堂不仅是祭祀场所也是家族聚会的中心。
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