La Ji — Ancient Chinese Year-End Winter Sacrifi...
La Ji (腊祭) is the ancient Chinese year-end winter sacrifice offering hunted game to ancestors and the hundred spirits, precursor to the modern Laba Festival.
La Ji — Ancient Chinese Year-End Winter Sacrifi...
La Ji (腊祭) is the ancient Chinese year-end winter sacrifice offering hunted game to ancestors and the hundred spirits, precursor to the modern Laba Festival.
Xi Si — Continuous Sacrificial Tradition in Chi...
Xi Si (系祀) is the ancient Chinese concept of unbroken sacrificial continuity across generations, rooted in the Shuowen Jiezi definition of si as sacrifice without end.
Xi Si — Continuous Sacrificial Tradition in Chi...
Xi Si (系祀) is the ancient Chinese concept of unbroken sacrificial continuity across generations, rooted in the Shuowen Jiezi definition of si as sacrifice without end.
Ji Dian — The Canon of Chinese Sacrificial Ritu...
Ji Dian (祭典) is the comprehensive Chinese sacrificial canon covering objects, methods, schedules, and hierarchies of state, temple, and ancestral rites.
Ji Dian — The Canon of Chinese Sacrificial Ritu...
Ji Dian (祭典) is the comprehensive Chinese sacrificial canon covering objects, methods, schedules, and hierarchies of state, temple, and ancestral rites.
Zhuo Xian — Wine Offering Ritual in Chinese Sac...
Zhuo Xian (酌献) is the ancient Chinese ritual of presenting wine to deities and ancestors during sacrifice, later adapted into Taoist liturgy with water and flower substitutes.
Zhuo Xian — Wine Offering Ritual in Chinese Sac...
Zhuo Xian (酌献) is the ancient Chinese ritual of presenting wine to deities and ancestors during sacrifice, later adapted into Taoist liturgy with water and flower substitutes.
Tai Tan — Grand Altar for Ancient Chinese Heave...
Tai Tan (泰坛) is the grand earthen altar at the southern suburb where the ancient Chinese Heaven sacrifice was conducted by burning firewood to carry offerings to the celestial realm.
Tai Tan — Grand Altar for Ancient Chinese Heave...
Tai Tan (泰坛) is the grand earthen altar at the southern suburb where the ancient Chinese Heaven sacrifice was conducted by burning firewood to carry offerings to the celestial realm.
Xiao Si — Minor Sacrifice in Ancient Chinese St...
Xiao Si (小祀) is the lowest grade of ancient Chinese state sacrifice, offering only animal victims to lesser spirits including Siming, Fengshi, Yushi, and mountain and river spirits.
Xiao Si — Minor Sacrifice in Ancient Chinese St...
Xiao Si (小祀) is the lowest grade of ancient Chinese state sacrifice, offering only animal victims to lesser spirits including Siming, Fengshi, Yushi, and mountain and river spirits.
