The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Ji Li — Auspicious State Ritual in Ancient Chinese Religion 吉礼

Ji Li — Auspicious State Ritual in Ancient Chin...

Paul Peng

Ji Li (吉礼) is the Auspicious Ritual, first of the Five Rituals (Wu Li) of ancient China, comprising twelve categories of sacrifice to celestial, terrestrial, and ancestral deities prescribed in...

Ji Li — Auspicious State Ritual in Ancient Chin...

Paul Peng

Ji Li (吉礼) is the Auspicious Ritual, first of the Five Rituals (Wu Li) of ancient China, comprising twelve categories of sacrifice to celestial, terrestrial, and ancestral deities prescribed in...

Yan Ji — Offering Without a Living Representative 厌祭

Yan Ji — Offering Without a Living Representati...

Paul Peng

Yan Ji (厌祭) is the ancient Chinese sacrificial offering performed without a living representative, addressing spirits directly through yin yan and yang yan phases prescribed in the Liji.

Yan Ji — Offering Without a Living Representati...

Paul Peng

Yan Ji (厌祭) is the ancient Chinese sacrificial offering performed without a living representative, addressing spirits directly through yin yan and yang yan phases prescribed in the Liji.

Wu Si — Five Household Deities of Ancient Chinese Ritual 五祠

Wu Si — Five Household Deities of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Si (五祠) is the ancient Chinese system of five household deity sacrifices — door, gate, hearth, central room, and path — prescribed in the Liji to sacralize domestic space...

Wu Si — Five Household Deities of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Si (五祠) is the ancient Chinese system of five household deity sacrifices — door, gate, hearth, central room, and path — prescribed in the Liji to sacralize domestic space...

Wu Li — Five Ritual Categories of Ancient Chinese Ceremony 五礼

Wu Li — Five Ritual Categories of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Li (五礼) is the classical Chinese system of five ritual categories from the Zhouli: auspicious sacrifice, mourning, military, guest reception, and celebratory — the organizing framework of all imperial...

Wu Li — Five Ritual Categories of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Li (五礼) is the classical Chinese system of five ritual categories from the Zhouli: auspicious sacrifice, mourning, military, guest reception, and celebratory — the organizing framework of all imperial...

Sheng Zhong — Reporting Success to Heaven in Ancient China 升中

Sheng Zhong — Reporting Success to Heaven in An...

Paul Peng

Sheng Zhong (升中) is the ancient Chinese imperial ritual of ascending a famous mountain to report the emperor’s achievements to Heaven, with the phoenix and dragon-tortoise appearing as cosmic confirmation.

Sheng Zhong — Reporting Success to Heaven in An...

Paul Peng

Sheng Zhong (升中) is the ancient Chinese imperial ritual of ascending a famous mountain to report the emperor’s achievements to Heaven, with the phoenix and dragon-tortoise appearing as cosmic confirmation.

Sheng Chen — Mountain and River Offerings in Ancient China 升沉

Sheng Chen — Mountain and River Offerings in An...

Paul Peng

Sheng Chen (升沉) is the paired ancient Chinese ritual of placing offerings on mountains and submerging them in rivers, part of a four-part directional sacrifice system prescribed in the Yili.

Sheng Chen — Mountain and River Offerings in An...

Paul Peng

Sheng Chen (升沉) is the paired ancient Chinese ritual of placing offerings on mountains and submerging them in rivers, part of a four-part directional sacrifice system prescribed in the Yili.