The Holy Storehouse in Temple of Earth Beijing
This small assortment of buildings, established in the 9th year of Emperor Jia Jing’s reign in Ming Dynasty (1530), consists of four big halls and two well pavilions. The main hall is called Holy Storehouse (Shen Ku), which stores Feng Ting – a sedan chair used to carry the enshrined god worship tablet for main Chinese Earth God (Huang Di Qi), and Long Ting – a sedan chair for carrying god worship tablets for side Chinese gods. The Holy Storehouse is also used to keep worship tablets temporarily when the God Worship House is under repair. The eastern side hall is called Sacrifice Utensils Storehouse (Ji Qi Ku), where store utensils for sacrifice ceremony. Musical instruments for the sacrifice ceremony are kept in the southern side hall, the Musical Instrument Storehouse (Yue Qi Ku). The western side hall, or Holy Kitchen (Shen Chu), is the place where sacrificial offering foods are made. The western and eastern well pavilions provide water respectively for Holy Kitchen and ditch surrounding Square Water Altar.
