齋教為清朝官方所明令禁止的邪教之一，根源於特殊的歷史淵源，臺灣齋教有其 邪教身分的潛在特質。齋堂空間形式的表現展現了不同變項力量的聚合結果，在此環境下， 齋教的空間文化也因此成了理解政治權力展現的最佳場域。本文試圖藉由齋教「秘密」特質 層面的分析，作為理解齋堂社會文化意義的關照面向。

　　　　　Being seen as one of subversive political groups during the Ching Dynasty, the vegetarian sect in Taiwan was naturally derived from its special historical root in keeping the characteristic of “secrecy” undercover. The spatial form of vegetarian halls of its three schools in Taiwan, then, has been considered as a result of various influences in which the political suppression was the key point. Therefore, in this paper, we are probing not only into the origin of the “secrecy” of vegetarian halls and its responsive presentations, but also into the socio-cultural meanings of “secrecy”within the sacred spaces in a vegetarian hall by analyzing the representions of ritual spaces within.