The Research On The Mountains Belief Of The Western And Eastern Han Dynasties

Mountains are the outstanding geographic landmarks on earth, and a cultural symbol of the Chinese nation, the people admire the mountain, so the worship for mountains emerged early."Jiu Zhou Jiu Zhen" is the symbolic signs in the land selected by ancients, which has become the principle of selecting the later mountains. After the First emperor of Qin unified the whole country, he re-divided the famous mountains according to the direction of east and west. It is obvious that the number of the mountains in the west surpassed of east and west, so as to improve the position of west and press the east in order to maintain his domination. After the West Han Dynasty established, it generally followed Qin’s sacrifice system for mountain. But the system of enfeoffment implemented at the beginning of Han, it made some famous mountains and rivers such as Mountain Tai out of emperor’s sacrifice area. After the Emperor Wu redefine the Sacred Mountains, the saying has emerged as the first-class mountains, lots of Cruiser Hunting and Fengshan Ceremony activity will be rise. "The reform of Shenjue" asked a new role, the sacrifice has been fixed a temple locations and personnel, and also provided the sacrifice place to other mountains. The sacrifice system in outskirts has been established, and these made the system more complete. These are made the system of mountains and the sacrifice rite more perfect at the end of Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the sacrifice places of Mountains in capital’s outskirts. The sacrifice of mountains maintained the primary way, added the fixed place and members. The Prefecture grasped the power of sacrifice rites of mountains, and the emperor no longer worship the mountains, especially the Sacred Mountains. With the massive activities of emperor rising, some places appear a unlawful activities of mountains, and some officials and laws ban to these activities. In addition, the worship of minorities’ mountain raised, it was similar to the way of Han Dynasty.The significances of mountains belief faith on the following aspects. First, the God of Tai has flourished. Second, the relationship of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism become closely, forming a series of famous Taoist mountains, Buddhist mountains, Buddhist and Taoist coexist mountains, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism unity of the Holy Mountains. Third, the original functions of the mountain is still in politics and military have no weakened.