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

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

This book focuses on the traditional Chinese ritual system of sacrifice to mountain and water spirits, a significant but largely overlooked sub-field of Chinse religious studies. This system mainly comprised the five sacred peaks, five strongholds, four seas, and four waterways, and was maintained f...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Subjects:
Religion & beliefs
Beizhen
Buddhism
Chinese historical geography
Chinese religion
codes of state ritual
Complete Perfection Daoism
Daoism
early Chinese poetry
Eastern Stronghold Temple
ethnic minority in northern China
five sacred peaks
five strongholds
folk god
four seas
four waterways
fu (rhapsody)
imperial China
imperial power
Jidu
legitimacy of political regime
localization
medieval Chinese poetry
Milky Way
Mount Yi
Mount Yiwulü
mountain and water spirits
national god
noble titles
Northern Stronghold
official sacrifice
political legitimacy
religious practice
rivers
sacred river
sacrificial ritual
shrines for the perfected lords of the five sacred peaks
Sima Chengzhen
South Sea God
state ritual system
state ritual system of sacrifice
state sacrifice
state sacrificial ritual
Tang China
Tang dynasty
Tang era
the South Sea God
the Yangzi River
water spirits
Zhang Jiugao
Zhang Jiuling
Zhang Jiuzhang
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