Formation of the Traditional Chinese State Ritual System of Sacrifice to Mountain and Water Spirits

Sacrifice to mountain and water spirits was already a state ritual in the earliest dynasties of China, which later gradually formed a system of five sacred peaks, five strongholds, four seas, and four waterways, which was mainly constructed by the Confucian ritual culture. A number of modern scholar...

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Main Author: Jia, Jinhua (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B four waterways
B state ritual system of sacrifice
B five strongholds
B Chinese historical geography
B five sacred peaks
B Chinese religion
B four seas
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