Thế Miếu ( Chữ Hán: 世廟), also called Thế Tổ Miếu ( Chữ Hán: 世祖廟), is an ancestral temple to Vietnam's emperors in the

Imperial City, Huế Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * Imperial, Texa ...

.Frommer's Vietnam: with Angkor Wat Ron Emmons - 2012 "Visit the Hue Citadel, taking in some of its renovated buildings such as the Thai Hoa Palace and the Mieu Temple; this will probably occupy you for most of the day,"

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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 Thế Miếu were also cast in 1822 and dedicated to the first nine Nguyen emperors. These urns are similar to the legendary

Nine Tripod Cauldrons The Nine Tripod Cauldrons () were a collection of ding cast by the legendary Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty of ancient China. They were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the mandate of heaven. At the time of the Shang dyna ...

(Chinese ''jiǔdǐng'' 九鼎) of China's

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, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Another temple nearby is the

Triệu Tổ miếu The Temple of Original Ancestor ( vi, Triệu Tổ miếu, vi-hantu, 肇祖廟) was built either in 1804 or during the third year of Gia Long's rule to commemorate the duke Nguyễn Kim who was the ancestor of Nguyễn dynasty. __TOC__ Histor ...

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