土谷祠

Traditional form:

土穀祠

Pinyin (reading):

tǔgǔcí

Definitions:

• temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神 (tǔdìshén) and the god of cereals

Characters:

• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth
• 谷 - valley, gorge, ravine
• 祠 - ancestral temple; to sacrifice

Traditional characters:

• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth
• 穀 - valley, gorge, ravine
• 祠 - ancestral temple; to sacrifice