Temple name

Posthumous titles for Sinosphere monarchs Temple nameChinese nameTraditional Chinese廟號Simplified Chinese庙号TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinmiào hàoYue: CantoneseJyutpingmiu2hou3IPA[mǐːuhōu]Southern MinHokkien POJbiō-hōVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetmiếu hiệuChữ Hán廟號Korean nameHangul묘호Hanja廟號TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationmyohoMcCune–Reischauermyoho Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China and had since been adopted by other dynastic regimes in the Sinosphere, with the notable exception of Japan. Temple names should not be confused with era names (年號), regnal names (尊號) or posthumous names (謚號). Modern academia usually refers to the following rulers by their temple names: Chinese monarchs from the Tang to the Yuan dynasties, Korean rulers of the Goryeo (until AD 1274) and Joseon dynasties, and Vietnamese rulers of the Lý, Trần, and Later Lê dynasties (with the Hồ and Later Trần dynasties as exceptions). Numerous individuals who did not rule as monarch