Offering sacrifices to heaven: 1. Circular Mound - the main place for offering sacrifices to heaven, a three-tiered stone platform.
2. Imperial Vault of Heaven: The place where the emperor was seated after the heavenly sacrifice. It has a circular caisson ceiling.
3. Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests – a place to pray for good harvests.
A bronze mirror was unearthed in the country
Homework
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum were buried in the underground palace.
The Tang Dynasty imperial mausoleum pioneered a method different from the previous dynasties, which was to use natural mountains as underground palaces.
The building at the front of the main entrance of the Ming Tombs is a six-column, five-bay stone archway.
Among the Ming Tombs, which imperial tomb is the largest and most elaborate?
What kind of wood are the pillars and beams of the Hall of En'en in the Changling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty made of?
In the excavated underground palace, the walls are covered with Buddhist carvings. Which emperor's tomb is it from the Qing Dynasty? Qianlong
The images on the bricks and stones of the Han Dynasty tombs depict animals, human figures, labor scenes, production scenes, amusement park scenes, and daily life scenes.
Chapter 4: Ritual Altars and Temples: Ritual Architecture in Ancient China
4.1 The Origin of Altar and Temple Architecture
People’s beliefs: belief in the natural world, mountains and rivers, belief in ancestors, and belief in gods.
Altar and temple buildings can also be called ritual buildings.
Earth, millet is one of the five grains.
The five elements of the Sheji Altar are: (materials) gold, wood, water, fire, and earth; (directions) east, west, south, north, and center; (colors) red, blue, yellow, black, and white.
Organically combined into the Azure Dragon in the East, the White Tiger in the West, the Vermillion Bird in the South, the Black Tortoise in the North, and the Yellow Earth (in the middle)
4.2.4 Mountain Worship
1. The Five Great Mountains: Mount Tai in the East, Mount Heng in the South, Mount Hua in the West, Mount Heng in the North, and Mount Song in the Center.
2. The most famous of the Five Great Mountains is Mount Tai (the most majestic of the Five Great Mountains). In early history, many emperors went to Mount Tai to worship the mountain god.
3. The most solemn of the sacrificial rites is the Fengshan ceremony. Feng is a sacrifice to heaven, and Shan is a sacrifice to earth. (The height of a mountain is considered precious, and the thickness of the earth is considered respectable. The emperor personally went to the top of Mount Tai to build a circular platform for worshiping heaven, and at the foot of Mount Tai to build a circular platform for worshiping the earth.)
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