The word "Dai" in Daimiao in Shandong Province refers to Mount Tai.
Dai is another name of Mount Tai, also known as Daizong and Daiyue. Daimiao is located in the southern foot of Mount Tai in Tai 'an City, Shandong Province, commonly known as "Dongyue Temple". Founded in the Han Dynasty, it is the place where emperors of past dynasties held the ceremony of closing Zen and worshiped Mount Tai. Tanmiao architecture is a building in which Han people worship the world, the sun, the moon, the mountains and rivers and their ancestral country, which embodies the characteristics of Han people as an agricultural national culture. The layout and construction of the temple buildings are the same as those of the palace buildings, and the architectural system is slightly simplified.
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Architectural layout
The architectural style of Dai Temple is in the style of Imperial Miyagi, surrounded by more than 1,5 meters, and there are more than 15 ancient buildings in the temple. The overall layout was built in accordance with the highest standards of memorial buildings since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and a group layout form was adopted, which was balanced and symmetrical and extended to both vertical and horizontal directions, with three longitudinal axes as the main part and two horizontal axes as the auxiliary part. Daimiao starts from the south gate of Jiutai City in the south and ends at the central axis of Nantianmen in the north.
Dai Temple displays the Confucian concept of etiquette with its internal architectural arrangement, and the whole building complex is centered on a north-south longitudinal axis, which extends horizontally in a balanced way. The main buildings located on the central axis are: Yaocan Pavilion Hall, Daimiao Square, Zhengyangmen, Peitianmen, Ren 'anmen, Tianyi Hall, Middle Bedroom and Houzai Gate. There are east-west corridors between Ren 'anmen and Tianzhu Hall, which form the central closed courtyard of Dai Temple.