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

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