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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: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
Subjects:
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
bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
Online Access:ONIX_20230105_9783036558271_95
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