Home›Articles›Sites of Chinese state religionArticlesSites of Chinese state religionCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Sites of Chinese state religion." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/articles/sacredsite-chinese-state-religion-sites-sites-of-chinese-state-religion.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Sites of Chinese state religion. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/articles/sacredsite-chinese-state-religion-sites-sites-of-chinese-state-religionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-sites-of-chinese-state-religion, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Sites of Chinese state religion}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/articles/sacredsite-chinese-state-religion-sites-sites-of-chinese-state-religion}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXLearn MoreCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Learn MoreSites of Chinese state religion This group holds sacred sites of the Chinese state religion, the altars and temples of the imperial cult, where the emperor, as Son of Heaven, performed the great sacrifices to Heaven, Earth and the ancestors that maintained cosmic and political order. The browser will find the imperial altars and ritual complexes the atlas gathers. The entries describe each site's role in the state cult and its history.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsArticle OnChinese state religion Sites, Subcategories Well-attested Source Divinity Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Editiontier 1SourcesDivinity Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Editiontier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year