The Sacred River: State Ritual, Political Legitimacy, and Religious Practice of the Jidu in Imperial China

This paper focuses on the Jidu 濟瀆 (i.e., the Ji River 濟水), one of the four waterways (sidu 四瀆) in imperial China. Even though it vanished a long time ago, the Jidu had always been a part of the traditional Chinese ritual system of mountain- and water-directed state sacrifices. From the Western Han d...

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Main Author: Li, Teng (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B state ritual system
B Jidu
B sacred river
B imperial China
B Political Legitimacy
B Religious Practice
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