| Ministry of Rites | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 禮部 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 礼部 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Rites Ministry | ||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||
| Vietnamese alphabet | Lễ Bộ | ||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 禮部 | ||||||||
| Manchu name | |||||||||
| Manchu script | ᡩᠣᡵᠣᠯᠣᠨ ᡳ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ | ||||||||
| Möllendorff | dorolon i jurgan | ||||||||
The Ministry or Board of Rites was one of the Six Ministries of government in late imperial China. It was part of the imperial Chinese government from the Tang (7th century) until the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. Along with religious rituals and court ceremonial the Ministry of Rites also oversaw the imperial examination and China's foreign relations.
A Ministry of Rites also existed in imperial Vietnam. One of its tasks was enforcing the naming taboo.[1]