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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MDPI AG
2021-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/5/319 |