Hall of Four Heavenly Kings

Hall of Four Heavenly Kings
The Four Heavenly Kings Hall of Longhua Temple, Shanghai, China
Chinese name
Chinese天王殿
Literal meaningHall of the Heavenly Kings
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTiānwángdiàn
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetThiên Vương Điện
Chữ Hán天王殿
Korean name
Hangul천왕문
Hanja天王門
Literal meaningGate of the Heavenly Kings
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationCheonwangmun
Japanese name
Kanji天王殿
Transcriptions
RomanizationTennōden


The Hall of Four Heavenly Kings is a building in East Asian Buddhist temples and the first important hall inside a shanmen (mount gate) in most Chinese and Korean Buddhist temples as well as temples in the Japanese Ōbaku Zen tradition. It is typically named due to the Four Heavenly Kings statues enshrined in the hall. In Chinese Buddhist temples, they are usually termed the Tianwang dian or Tianwang Hall. In Japanese Buddhist temples, they are usually termed the Tennō-den. In Korean Buddhist temples, they are usually termed the Cheonwangmun.

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