东海神的崇拜与祭祀

The Religion and Offering Sacrifices of the East Sea God

黄淮海平原是先民们最早的活动地区之一,先民们很早就萌发了对其东部辽阔大海的崇拜,出现了对东海神的祭祀。从东海到东海神的形成,从东海神纳入国家祀典的岳镇海渎到历代统治者的祀典礼制不断完善,东海神的封号与神祠位置也都随之发生了变化。宋代东海神崇拜与祭祀日隆,就与庇佑社稷和护卫海上交通有关。东海神崇拜与祭祀的变迁可谓是国家祀典岳镇海渎变迁的一个缩影。

The Huang Huai Hai Plain is one of the earliest area which the ancestors exploited , the ancestors sent their worship to the extensive ocean of the east for a long time, emerging the offering sacrifices to the East Sea. In the past dynasties ruler＇ s ceremony system, from the formation of East Sea and the East Sea God, from the East Sea God brought into the nation＇s offering sacrifices, the rulers＇ ceremony system became more and more perfect and the geographic location of the East Sea God Temple changed. The worship and sacrifices to the East Sea God becoming more and more prosper in the Song Dynasty related with the wish of blessing and protecting the traffic on the sea. The evolvement of the sacrifices to the East Sea God can be called the epitome of the evolvement of the nation＇s ceremony.