What is the specific meaning of Sheji in Shansheji, and Houtu in Emperor Tianhou soil? Why is it said like this?
In fact, Sheji is easy to understand. In ancient times, the highest responsibility of the emperor was to ensure that the people should be well fed and well clothed. However, agriculture, the largest occupation in ancient times, generally relied on the weather. Therefore, people worship the earth god more often, and Sheji is also the general name for the earth god and the grain god. In ancient my country, the king of any country had a "Sheji", which started from the Xia Dynasty and continued to the Sheji altar in the Qing Dynasty. Every year the emperor went to worship these two gods in order to ensure that the country would have good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.
We need to understand Sheji in Sheji. She, in ancient times, refers to the god of the land. It is named according to its location: 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 soil of five colors covers the altar surface, which is called five-color soil, and actually symbolizes the country. Therefore, we generally put the country, the country, and the country together. After all, it is easy to conquer the country but difficult to defend it. Without good social habits and good fortune, the people will not surrender to the emperor. Civil volts are definitely natural.
The Xia Dynasty held a shrine ceremony every year to pray to the local god of agriculture for good weather and abundant harvests. This was to give people a good hope for life, and it was also a kind of ritual. A means of controlling thoughts. When Xia Yu founded the country, he occupied the land in all four directions. The King of Xia occupied the central land, and all the land in the five directions was owned by the King of Xia. Therefore, a shrine was established to worship the land god.
Furthermore, there is the relationship between the country and the country. Our country is not a country that plunders and relies on the sea for development. It has always been agriculture-based. Unlike Europe, which can develop commerce, that is because of their Society is simply not suitable for growing some high-yielding crops, but we are different. We claim to be a great country, and indeed we have a vast land and abundant resources. As long as we are willing to work, we will never die of hunger. Sacrificing sacrifices to Sheji has become a national event, and the survival of Sheji also symbolizes the survival of the country.