| Thế Miếu | |
|---|---|
| Native name Thế Miếu 世廟 (Vietnamese) | |
| Thế Miếu Temple in the Imperial City, Huế | |
| Type | Confucian royal ancestral shrine |
| Location | Phú Xuân district, Huế, Vietnam |
| Built | 1821 |
| Owner | Government of Vietnam |
| ThếMiếu | |
| Vietnamese alphabet | ThếMiếu ThếTổMiếu |
|---|---|
| ChữHán | 世廟 世祖廟 |
ThếMiếu (chữHán:世廟),also called ThếTổMiếu (chữHán:世祖廟),is a Confucian royal ancestral shrine to Vietnam's emperors in the Imperial City,Huế. [1]
It was constructed at the orders of emperor Minh Mạng in 1822-1823 for the purposes of ancestor worship of the past emperors of the Nguyễn dynasty. Nine dynastic urns (cửu đỉnh 九鼎) opposite of the ThếMiếu were also cast in 1822 and dedicated to the first nine Nguyen emperors. These urns are similar to the legendary Nine Tripod Cauldrons (Chinese jiǔdǐng 九鼎) of China's Xia,Shang and Zhou Dynasties.
Another temple nearby is the Triệu Tổmiếu.