There are information, legends and origins about mountain gods.

1. Tibetan scholar Dr. Gele wrote in the book "Herdsmen in Northern Tibet" that the sacred mountain is the most prominent folk belief worship in northern Tibet. The sacred mountain has a very important and sacred position in the ideology of herders. It is the patron saint of herders in this world. Commonly known as "domain pull", which means land god and mountain god.

2. Legend of Yala Shampoo Mountain God: Yala Shampoo Mountain God lives in Yala Shampoo Mountain in Yalong River Valley. He is the leader of all the land gods of Benla shampoo in Yalong Valley, and was later accepted as the protector of Buddhism by Master Lotus Peanut. Legend has it that it often appears in the shape of a big white yak, constantly spewing out snowstorms from its mouth. It is a god whose body is as white as a conch, dressed in white clothes and incarnated as an animal.

3. Origin: In China, the legend about mountain gods has a long history. Shan Hai Jing, written more than 2,000 years ago, recorded various legends about mountain gods. "Tai Ping Guang Ji" also includes the story that Dayu imprisoned the Zhang Shang family, the Dou Lu family and other mountain gods. The Five Zang Mountain Classics also describes the appearance of mountain gods in detail.

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Ancient people in China deified and worshipped mountains. Judging from the appellation of mountain gods, the worship of mountain gods is extremely complicated, and all kinds of ghosts and gods are attached to mountains. In the end, the names and differences of all kinds of ghosts and gods disappeared, or you and I merged with each other. It has developed into the main peak in every region where the personified mountain gods live.

Sacrificial ceremony: "Mountains, rivers, valleys, hills, clouds, for the wind and rain, see monsters, all call God." When Yu Shun was here, there was a sacrificial system of "looking at mountains and rivers and gathering gods everywhere". It is said that Shun has visited Mount Tai, Hengshan, Huashan and Hengshan. Emperors of past dynasties also offered sacrifices to mountain gods when they closed their doors and worshiped heaven and earth.

When offering sacrifices to mountains, jade articles and jade articles are mostly buried underground, and there are also sacrificial methods of "throwing" and "hanging", that is, sacrificing chickens, sheep, pigs or jade into valleys or hanging them on treetops.

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