Qingji came to the altar and knelt there, looking ahead, with a meticulous look on his face, like a statue......

Wu Guo is holding a suburban sacrifice, that is, the suburban ceremony.

The Rite of the Suburbs is one of the most solemn festivals of this era.

It originally belonged to a kind of nature worship, but by the time of Xia Yin, "heaven" had changed from the heaven of natural attributes to the "heaven" of natural attributes and social attributes.

Heaven is not only the "supreme god" of society, but also the source of the legitimacy of the Zhou people's royal power.

The Celestial Sacrifice reflects both the reverence for the Divine and the fundamental tracing of where we came from.

Heaven not only refers to the god Hao of the clouds, but also contains the belief that "the earth is above the sky".

It is an activity that worships the heavens, the earth, the sun, and the moon.

The sacrifice is in the southern suburbs, the time is the winter solstice, and the Son of Heaven must go in person.

The place of sacrifice is in the northern suburbs, the time is the summer solstice, and the Son of Heaven either goes in person or sends someone to go.

The festival day is in the eastern suburbs, and the moon is in the western suburbs.

Collectively referred to as the festival suburbs.

The places of worship are the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Sun, and the Temple of the Moon.

The Son of Heaven has the right to sacrifice in the famous mountains and rivers of the world, and the princes sacrifice in their land, and do not sacrifice in their land.

That is, whether to sacrifice or not to sacrifice depends on whether there is one's own territory......

The principle of destroying the country throughout the ages is to leave a piece of land for the destroyed monarch to continue their ancestral temple sacrifices and ensure that the inheritance is not lost, and that's it.

Sacrifice is a tedious activity, but it is quite expensive and labor-intensive.

However, with the current national strength of the Wu State, the human, financial and material resources used in the sacrifice are only a drop in the bucket.

As if sacrificing to the sky, the celebration of this sacrifice is the same as sacrificing the head of a cow, a pig's head, a sheep's head, and three animals.

This is also known as the "Prison Gift"!

The Taigao Ceremony is a ritual of sacrifice by ancient emperors. Cattle, sheep, and pigs are all "too strong".

In this era, the sacrifices used in the sacrifice of the monarch or the Son of Heaven needed to be kept in the prison before the sacrifice, so this kind of sacrifice was called the prison.

According to the different types of sacrifice collocation, there are too strong and less fast.

There were only sheep and pigs, but no cattle.

"Chengtian imitates the Emperor of the Earth: between heaven and earth, always breathe in the coffin."

"Outside of yin and yang, it is created by Zhen Tao. Movement is announced as a merciful wind, and tranquility is a symbol of virtue. Gang Wei Tianyun, dominate the spirit of the earth. ”

"The light of the stars, the strength of the mountains and rivers below. The source of the Shu sect is salted in the fifty-three, and the root Buddha is born in the sixty-nine......"

"There is Wu Sijun Qingji, hereby ether prison, worship him, beg for God's blessing, always keep peace, melon boiling, humanities rise, the old man is safe, the young are strong, and the mulberry farmers are abundant......"

Qingji took a sacrificial text made of silk books and recited it aloud: "Although my people are foolish, they are pious in their hearts. If you don't forget God's grace, you will repay it. ”

"Three bows and three bows, burn the table and turn sincerity. The whole country pays tribute sincerely. God has a spirit, come and enjoy! ”

"Fu Wei!"

"Shang Fang—"

More than 1,000 words of sacrificial texts were sprinkled, and after the recitation of Qingji, a burst of solemn music sounded under the altar.

More than 10 kinds of musical instruments, such as chimes, xun, flutes, drums, qins, seers, pipes, shengs, flutes, etc., have formed a kind of reverberating notes under the ensemble of musicians.

Accompanied by the music, more than 20 witches put on animal clothes and poultry robes, pretended to be birds, tigers, phoenixes and other animals, and jumped up and down in a clearing under the altar, from time to time in a ball, and there were words in their mouths.

Such a dancing god, coupled with classical music, has no sense of disobedience......

Houtu is the goddess of the earth believed by the ancients because of the worship of the land, ruling the yin and yang fertility, dominating the earth and mountains, and feeling friendly and noble in the minds of people, and is regarded as "the mother of all things, the mother of the earth".

Land is the root of human survival, and it is inseparable from food, clothing, shelter and transportation.

For thousands of years, in order to survive and achieve the purpose of abundant food and clothing, living and working in peace and contentment, people built temples and statues to worship the earth mother and the earth, in order to bless and eliminate disasters and bring auspicious Kangtai.

Worshipping and praying for the earth has become a grand event of extremely devout religious belief of the people of all generations......

The "she" in the national pronoun Sheji refers to Houtu, starting from Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor to Fenyin to worship Houtu.

The kings of all dynasties have inevitably worshiped the earth and prayed for good weather and abundant harvests in the coming years.

Qingji is now sacrificing Houtu, which is actually sacrificing "Sheji".

She, in ancient times, refers to the god of the land, named according to the direction: green soil in the east, red soil in the south, white soil in the west, black soil in the north, and loess in the center.

The five colors of soil cover the altar surface, called the five-color soil, which actually symbolizes the land.

Therefore, the place, day, and ritual of sacrificing the land are called "she".

Ji refers to the god of grains, which refers to the god of the original grain, that is, the god of the land that can grow grains, which is the god of agriculture......

From the Son of Heaven to the princes, anyone who has land can set up a society, and even villagers can set up a community to worship the land god.

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On the occasion of the shrine day, Qingji was busy for most of the day, from the outskirts of the city all the way back to the altar on the side of the palace to worship the god of grain, the god of agriculture and other gods, and finally came to the temple to pray to the ancestors of the past dynasties of Wu, praying for peace.

And that's not all.

Finally, Qingji also needs to divide the meat used in the sacrifice one by one to the ministers and doctors in the court.

The so-called "gizzard meat" is actually pork, which has no taste and is difficult to swallow.

That's it, it's definitely something that ministers and doctors dream of.

Why?

Because it's a kind of etiquette.

Historically, after the sacrifice of Lu Dinggong was completed, he did not give Kong Qiu the sacrificial meat, and the latter left the Lu country in a fit of anger.

Really?

Definitely.

Regardless of Kong Qiu's behavior, it can be seen that Lu Dinggong has alienated Kong Qiu and made him retreat......

According to the rules, without a certain status, the courtiers could not enjoy the gizzard meat with the king.

After the Sheri, the Chinese countries, including Wu, entered the busy spring plowing season.

As the king of a country, Qingji is not idle.

In addition to dealing with daily government affairs, in his spare time, he did not forget to tinker with some small inventions, chat about masturbation, or occasionally go out for a private visit to observe the people's feelings.

"Sell the fish! Fresh, bouncing fish just came online this morning! ”

"Rouge gouache! Good rouge gouache! ”

"Don't miss it when you walk by! Pheasant soup! Fresh and delicious pheasant soup! ”

"Weapons! There are great weapons here! A must-have for home travel! ”

"Swords, guns, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, shields, bows and arrows, you name it!"

In the lively bazaar of Jinling City, the people are full of voices and bustling.

Street vendors shout and shout to attract passers-by to their stalls.

With a dazzling array of goods, people can't help but linger......

At this time, Qingji, accompanied by Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, came to the market to hang out together.

To be precise, it's in the market......