Study Of The Qin’s Worship Of The Zhi

Ancient Chinese worship Heaven culture, which is an important component of Chinese national political and social life,has a long history. In pre Qin period, the Qin people had a special worship Heaven culture——Zhi (时), which was different from the six eastern countries. I choose the Qin’s Zhi as case study,detailed studythe origin and the development of Zhi, as well as the thought behind the Zhi.In ancient times, There are three main means in the "Zhi":The small island in the water、 mound、the place of worship five gods, In the Qin and Han dynasty, the meaning of "Zhi" has evoluted to "the place of worship five gods"."Zhi" belonged to the primitive fetishism, Peoole said "Zhi" was created by the Yellow god, because people worship the ancient hero. From The perspective of shape and worship method, we can understand the nature of "Zhi" was the mix of mound and pit.The creation of "Zhi" has a strong link with theexpansion of theQin. Qin people establish the "Zhi" to worship the gods not only provided spiritual power, but also denify the Qin’s regime. Ancient people considered that the shape of "Zhi" liked vegetable bed,which in the middle has a mound.The latest archaeological excavations had proved that.Qin people altogether establish six "Zhi" to worship the White god、the Blue god、the Yellow god and the Red god. Among them, the White god was the Qin’s superme god. The Qin people worshiped the White god and the Blue gold because the Qin people’s ancestor had ethnic origin with the White god——Shao Hao, and The White god was regarded as supreme deity by the Qin people。The QinworshipThe Red god and The Yellow god because they had great feat to the people. The Qin wished to integrate into the Hua Xia tribal through worshiped the great two kings, in order to improve their status.Qin shi huang sorted out "Zhi",formed to "four Zhi in the Yong" He did not establish Zhi to worship The Black god, because, on one hand, the Qin cultural characteristics of utilitarianism leaded that Qin shi huang didn’t pay attention to the Zhi anymore; on the other hand,on the worship etiquette, the Zhi was not conform to confucianism。...