During the Warring States Period, some Confucian scholars in Qilu believed that Mount Tai was the head of the five mountains, and the emperor should offer sacrifices to Mount Tai. Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, etc. Have held a closed-door retreat ceremony. "Five Classics Yi Tong" says: "Change the surname to be king, achieve peace, seal Mount Tai, Zen Liang's father, and take fate as king, so that a group of people can live a peaceful life and report to the gods." Therefore, meditation is essentially a means to emphasize the theocracy of the monarchy.
There is another explanation for the closure of Zen. "White Tiger Pass" said that "the person who closes the meditation is a golden mud rope, or a golden stone rope, which is also printed". Later scholars thought it was a ritual in the process of Zen retreat, which means that the documents used in Zen retreat were sealed with "golden mud rope" or "golden stone rope" and buried underground. Tai Shigong's Historical Records? 6? Zen 1 Ben also has a record of "flying to England and soaring to the truth, recording the golden mud stone" Historical records? 6? Zen 1 book explains that "since ancient times, the emperor ordered me not to practice Zen" and "those who have lost their sight for a thousand years, so their appearance is lost for nearly a hundred years, so their details are rare, so I can remember the clouds", and then starts to remember from the five emperors who followed Zen and quotes the sixth article of Guanzi? 1 enchanting Zen "... In the past, there was no Wyatt to seal Mount Tai, and Zen was like this; Xi Xi Feng Tai Shan, Zen clouds; Shennong seals Mount Tai, and Zen is like a cloud ... ",so it can be seen that the instrument of sealing Zen has existed since the" Three Emperors and Five Emperors ".
By the Qin and Han Dynasties, the closing ceremony of Zen had become a grand ceremony for emperors. Both the Emperor Qin and the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once "sealed heaven, reduced Zen and removed land" to show their merits. Only Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty climbed Mount Tai eight times.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the etiquette was more complete. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, once "worshiped Daiyue and thanked Heaven", which changed the previous rule that emperors sealed Zen letters for ministers without passing them on, and explained that this time it was to pray for all the people in the world, so he announced the seal of Zen letters to the world. Song Zhenzong closed his retreat to Mount Tai to meditate, because he wanted to shock foreign enemies with providence, so he directed a farce of "heavenly books falling from the sky". Since then, the history of the emperor's retreat to Mount Tai meditation has come to an abrupt end.
The closing ceremony was held in Songshan Mountain in Zhongyue and Taishan Mountain in Dongyue, but it is famous for its many times and great influence. From the early Qin Dynasty to Song Zhenzong, * * * six emperors closed the temple ten times. The famous closing ceremonies are:
Qin Shihuang sealed Mount Tai, unified the six countries and established a unified feudal country;
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named Mount Tai as Zen, and his talent was greatly enhanced.
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty sealed Mount Tai for meditation, which was prosperous in the new century and strong in national strength, and changed the rule that the imperial edict of sealing meditation was not passed on.
Song Zhenzong worshiped Mount Tai and directed a farce of "heavenly books falling from the sky".
From the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang cancelled the title of Mount Tai. Since then, the Ming and Qing dynasties have changed the original Zen to sacrifice.
Although meditation was no longer held after the Song Dynasty, the sacrificial activities were further expanded, and the Li people knew all the mountains and Mount Tai like the back of their hands.
(Attachment: In October (665), in the second year of the closure of Zen in Tang Gaozong, Emperor Gaozong led hundreds of civil and military officials and their entourage to the DPRK to offer sacrifices. The marquis of Wu led maids at home and abroad, and the vehicles offering sacrifices stretched for hundreds of miles, accompanied by envoys and chiefs from Turkey, Khotan, Persia, Tianzhu, Japan, Silla, Baekje and North Korea. In December, they gathered at the foot of Mount Tai and sent people to build a dome-shaped sacrificial altar in the south of the mountain, decorated with five-colored soil and named it "Fengsi altar"; Build an altar at the top of the mountain, five feet wide and nine feet high, and name it "Dengfeng altar" on all sides; Build an octagonal square altar on Sheshou Mountain, named "Xiachan altar". In February of the following year, Emperor Gaozong first "sealed an altar" at the foot of the mountain to worship heaven; The next day, I went to the top of Daiding and sealed the jade policy in the "Dengfeng altar"; On the third day, he went to Sheshou Mountain to worship the God of the earth. After Gao Zongxing's first sacrifice, he ascended to the altar and offered it afterwards. After the closing ceremony of Zen, the imperial envoys saluted and erected three steles, namely, Dengfeng, Descending Zen and Chaochao, and named the altar "Maihe Tower", Dengfeng as "Long Live Taiwan", Descending Zen as "King Yuntai", which was changed to Ganfeng in Yuan Dynasty and Ganfeng in Gaoxian County.
In October of the 13th year of Kaiyuan (725), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty led hundreds of officials, nobles and foreign envoys to Mount Tai for Eastern Zen. The ceremony of sealing Zen follows the four systems of dry sealing. After the Zen seal, Mount Tai was named "King of Heaven and Qi", and the ceremony was improved by three grades. Xuanzong personally wrote a book << Brief Introduction to China's Calligraphy and Inscription. The Inscription on Mount Ji is also called the Inscription on Mount Ji. The Inscription on Mount Tai's Tangya was inscribed in September of the 14th year of Tang Kaiyuan (726), which was written by Li Longji, Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty after he sealed Mount Tai. The cliff is1320cm high and 530cm wide. There are more literary officials >>& gt& gt, who enjoy the Daguan Peak in Daiding and write in Chinese & gt, written by Yao Gan in Zhongyuan, Shi, who is full of music and virtue. )