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The Seven Temples refer to the temples where China's emperors prayed to their ancestors.

The ''Book of Rites''禮記》規定天子可以追祀七世祖,太祖廟居中,左右各為三昭、三穆。賈誼《過秦論上》:“一夫作難而七廟隳。”楊炯《盂蘭盆賦》:“上可以薦元符七廟,下可以納群動于三車者也。”