The
Court of Imperial Sacrifices
, also known as the
Court of Sacrificial Worship
, was a central government agency in several imperial
Chinese
and
Vietnamese
dynasties. It was generally in charge of conducting major state sacrificial ceremonies according to ritual regulations. In China, the office was created during the
Northern Qi dynasty
(550–577) and continued until the
Qing dynasty
(1636–1912). In Vietnam, it was created by
Lê Thánh Tông
in 1466, and continued until the
Nguyễn dynasty
.
It was one of the
Nine Courts
and normally under the supervision of the
Ministry of Rites
. Prior to the Qing dynasty it was the most prestigious of the Nine Courts.