The next day, Liu Xun led the civil and military officials, the marquis, the three elders of Guanzhong, and the doctors of scripture to Pingling to worship the first emperor.

At the beginning of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the tombs of the previous kings were not sealed or trees, and were generally marked by monumental buildings. And like the Han Dynasty sealed earth tomb, it only appeared in the late Spring and Autumn Period. The Book of Rites · Tan Gong contains: Confucius had to be buried together in defense, saying: I heard it, and the ancient tombs were not graves. This hill is also, and the people of the east, west, north and south are also not allowed to know it. So he sealed it and worshiped four feet.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the burial system was buried in one place by the community maintained by family and blood, and the change of this system required the tomb to have a more obvious identity, so the sealed soil became a specific manifestation of this identification. Since then, the monarchs and nobles of various countries have begun to build tall tombs and take pride in them. However, not all the sealed soil is piled up in the shape of a "pyramid" ("covered bucket"), and the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen is piled up in the shape of a three-level platform.

"The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong." Worship ancestors in the Han family and its important significance, the Han family to rule the world with filial piety. But before sacrificing to the ancestors, as the Son of Heaven, you also need to sacrifice to the sky, to the gods, to the sun, moon and stars, etc.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, "heaven" was the supreme god. "Heaven" has its likes and dislikes, and will also bless or punish the monarch of the world because of its likes and dislikes. The human monarch claims to be the "Son of Heaven" and maintains the legitimacy of his rule under the pretense of a fictitious blood relationship with the Heavens. Therefore, the sacrifice of the suburbs became the most solemn sacrifice in the Qin and Han dynasties. As the so-called heavenly hanging image, the saint is the same, and the suburbs are tomorrow's way. The emperor cow is unlucky, thinking that it is a cow. The emperor cow will be in the third month of the cleansing, and the cow is the only one, so don't worry about the gods and ghosts. All things are from heaven, and people are from ancestors, so they are worthy of God. The suburban sacrifice is also, and the big newspaper is also the beginning. At the same time, it is also necessary to send envoys to worship the temple of the Five Emperors to protect the people of the world from a bumper harvest and the prosperity of the six animals.

Sitting on the jade chariot, Liu Xun listened carefully to Huo Guang's description of some precautions in the sacrificial process. The Han family's ancestral inheritance is different from that of the pre-Qin dynasty. The first emperors of the past dynasties were enshrined in their respective temples, arranged in the order of Zhaomu, and on this basis, the regular sacrifices of "Xuan, Qi, Taste, Hao, and Sushuo" were carried out. According to the Xijing Miscellaneous Records, the ancestor worship system of the Han Dynasty is roughly as follows: in August every year, the alcoholic wine that has been brewed many times and the three animals of cattle, sheep and pigs are used as tribute, and the Son of Heaven personally presides over the ancestor worship ceremony in the temple.

Came to the Pingling Yuan Temple of the first emperor and sacrificed the three animals of Taijiao under the guidance of Taichang. The first emperor was called Emperor Xiaozhao, Zhao, which means that light is victorious. Zhuo Biyun Han, Zhao returned to the sky. At the same time, because of the order of the temple, the ancestor is in the middle, and the second, fourth, and sixth generations are located on the left side of the ancestor, called "Zhao"; The third, fifth, and seventh generations, located on the right, are called "Mu". The order of the left and right burial places in the cemetery is also arranged according to this regulation. And Liu Fuling happened to be the sixth monarch of the Han family.

After the sacrifice is completed, the whole set of sacrificial rituals is completed. Liu Xun looked at the statue of Emperor Liu Fuling, the first emperor Xiaozhao. After thinking for a while, he turned his head and said to Huo Guang beside him: "I heard that the ancestors of the ancients were meritorious and virtuous, and there were reasons for making rituals and music. singers, so fa de also; Dancers, so Ming Gong also. High temple drinking, playing the dance of "Wude", "Wenshi" and "Five Elements". Xiaozhao Temple, when playing the dance of "Wenshi" and "Five Elements".

After that, Liu Xun led the ministers to worship the gods in turn, and then got up and left, and after a while, Liu Xun's jade chariot left Pingling and drove on the way back to Chang'an.