论汉代的汾阴后土祭祀

On Fenyin Hou Tu Sacrifice in Han Dynasty

汉代“三大祠”中,汾阴后土祠为唯一遗存至今的祭地场所。汉代自武帝始,共有5位皇帝15次到汾阴祭祀后土。相比后代,汉代帝王祀汾阴后土频率高、规模大、系统化。汉代帝王对后土加以尊崇和利用,是对精神信仰领域的有效控制,更是加强中央集权的重要举措。而汾阴后土也因帝王多次祭祀,得以尊荣不衰。帝王祭祀与信仰传承直接推动了中国古代文明的发展,形成了皇权与神权依存融合的基本模式。

the:Among the"Three Ancestral Halls"of the Han Dynasty,the Houtu Temple of Fenyin is the only place of worship that remains to this day.Since Emperor Wu in the Han Dynasty,there were five emperors who offered sacrifices to Fenyin Hou Tu for fifteen times.Compared with the descendants,the emperors of the Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to Fenyin Hou Tu with high frequency and large scale.Emperors of Han Dynasty respected and utilized Hou Tu as an effective tool for spiritual control and centralization,therefore it gives long-lasting importance to Hou Tu.The sacrifice of emperors and the inheritance of beliefs directly promoted the development of ancient Chinese civilization,and formed the basic mode of the interdependence and integration of imperial power and theocracy.