畴祭:从秦国到西汉的重要祭天形式

Worship on Altar:an Important Heaven Worship Form from State Qin to the Western Han Dynasty

畤祭是从秦国到西汉时期的一种重要的祭天形式,国君帝王们极为重视,不但多处建畤,而且祭祀频繁。从西畤到泰畤,都是用以祭天的。这一时期,畤祭实际上起到了圜丘祭天的作用。尽管王莽奏建了祭地的广畤,但却冲淡不了以畤祭天的主要内容。

Worship on altar is an important heaven worship form from State Qin to Western Han Dynasty. The emperors and ministers took it extremely seriously, who not only built altars, but also worshipped frequently. From western altar to eastern altar, people worshipped heaven. In this period, altar played the role of heaven worship in a circle. Although Wang Mang established extensive earth worship altar, the main content of heaven worship on altar was not to be diminished.