Geographically, Mount Tai is the highest mountain in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with Dawenkou culture in the south and Longshan culture in the north, which fully shows that Mount Tai is one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization. Mount Tai is located in the middle of Shandong Province. Modern scientific measurement shows that it originated from the earth's orogeny 2.5 billion years ago. Due to the orogenic fault zone in front of the mountain, the mountain is steep and concentrated, and the surrounding terrain is relatively low, which makes the ancestors' feelings about Mount Tai magnificent and heavy. There are frequent floods in the Yellow River basin, so ancestors borrowed Mount Tai to avoid floods. In their minds, Mount Tai is the geographical support of their life, race and life, forming the psychology of relying on Mount Tai. The blessing of Mount Tai awed the ancients and gradually became a myth. Historically, due to the range of activities of ancestors and the first height of Mount Tai in this area, the worship of Mount Tai appeared. This worship has not disappeared with the progress of productivity and knowledge. On the contrary, in order to strengthen their own rule, the ancient emperors of China invariably publicized the theory of "divine right". In order to prove this theory, there was the activity of closing a temple to worship Mount Tai, which continued the role of Mount Tai in offering sacrifices to heaven. This behavior of feudal rulers made Artest a god in people's hearts. 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.
All the activities, feelings, cognition and remains of historical sites that can have a far-reaching impact on society by using the environment and objects of Mount Tai can be regarded as Mount Tai culture. Taishan culture has had a far-reaching impact on China society. The political culture and social life of each dynasty were related to Mount Tai. As an image and spirit, Mount Tai has been rooted in the evolution of China society. In the hearts of our people, Mount Tai is a tall and sacred symbol. In many familiar idioms and allusions from ancient times to the present, Mount Tai is often quoted as a metaphor to describe stable and important content. For example, "One leaf can't see Mount Tai", "Heaven and Earth meet Tai", "People are United, Mount Tai moves" and "Those who don't know Mount Tai" all show that Mount Tai is an indispensable image and spirit in the social development of China. This is also formed by the rich historical and cultural accumulation of Mount Tai. Due to historical reasons, Mount Tai has become the carrier and irreplaceable symbol of the spiritual consciousness of the Chinese nation. A symbol of China's traditional ideas.
Mount Tai is in a high position. Mount Tai stands out from the crowd on the North China Plain, above the Qilu hills, with a relative height difference of more than1.300m, which is in sharp contrast with the surrounding plains and hills in height and size, and is particularly tall in visual effect. The peaks rise and fall, and the main peak rises. When describing the momentum of Mount Tai, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, wrote: "I don't know its thousands of miles." A broad foundation produces a sense of stability, while a large and concentrated body produces a sense of heaviness. The so-called stability as Mount Tai, as heavy as Mount Tai, is the physiological and psychological reflection of the above natural characteristics. In ancient times, especially before Xia and Shang Dynasties, Dongyi people thought it was the central part of the sky, so it was called navel. The water flowing from the navel is the water flowing from the navel in the sky, so its temperature is relatively high. This is a process of development, a process of expanding people's horizons, and a process of developing understanding of nature from low to high. More and more archaeological discoveries show that China faces half of the eastern coast and there is a crescent-shaped ancient cultural circle around the Pacific Ocean. In this cultural circle, Mount Tai is the highest mountain. The ancients called the land of heaven and earth qi zhou. Qi is the navel, and the navel is the navel. China used to call it qi zhou. China people live in the center of heaven and earth. According to historical records, Mount Tai, located in the middle of qi zhou, is the Tianzhu on the navel of heaven and earth. When the dawn of civilization rises from the belly button of heaven and earth, Mount Tai, as the Tianzhu on the belly button, naturally becomes the sacred mountain of the ancestors of the Chinese nation and the most cohesive altar to worship heaven.
These reasons prompted feudal emperors to constantly patrol the East and worship Mount Tai. The emperor sealed the temple to Mount Tai, making Mount Tai's position supreme. In addition, religious activities in Mount Tai are becoming more and more prosperous. Therefore, the landscape construction of Mount Tai has a strong color of "harmony between man and nature".
People's worship of Mount Tai is the same. Since ancient times, it has been highly valued by emperors in China. In ancient times, there was a saying that 72 kings sealed Mount Tai. Twelve emperors in feudal society approached Mount Tai. Great men in modern times also came out of boarding. Mount Tai is the epitome of China civilization. In the Chinese culture, Mount Tai is more representative. In the past, emperors came to worship Mount Tai. The ancients thought that there was a vast expanse of land. Seal, that is, build an altar to worship heaven at a high place, and Zen, that is, lay a foundation stone to worship the ground at a low place. There is a history of sealing Mount Tai as Zen, which began with Qin Shihuang. After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he clearly saw the adverse influence of the remnants of the six monarchs in the East on the Qin regime, so he climbed Mount Tai and held a dust removal ceremony as a deterrent. The so-called "the southeast is full of emperor's spirit, and the east tour is tired." Liu Che, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, visited Mount Tai seven times. He wants to pray for victory in the border war and attempt to ascend to heaven. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, who was half praised and half destroyed by historians, held Mount Tai meditation, which coincided with the prosperity of Kaiyuan. Xuanzong's Zen team is thousands of years old, and its rituals are hundreds of miles long, from Chang 'an to Mount Tai. In the past, "Yuanye was shaken by it, and the vegetation was born with wind". When saluting, the ministers shouted long live, and their voices shook the earth. After the Song Dynasty, the emperor's meditation gradually evolved into Shinto, and the Qing emperor's eastward tour of Mount Tai was even more colorful. Zen culture is the most important historical and cultural phenomenon of Mount Tai, and it is also the source of Mount Tai's reputation.
All people, old and young, know the rich culture of Mount Tai. It also has great influence in the world. It is precisely because of its superior geographical location, rich religious culture, Zen culture and architectural culture that Mount Tai has become a sacred mountain in people's hearts. Since Shun Di lit the first firewood symbolizing unity and unity in the history of China on the top of Mount Tai, for more than 4,000 years, whether it is a prosperous or weak country, whether it is a change of times or a change of court, from the emperor to the ordinary people, in the eyes of China people in past dynasties, Mount Tai symbolizes national unity, national prosperity and national security. According to scholars' statistics, Mount Tai was closed for more than 2,000 years after Qin Shihuang unified China. The time of national reunification is 1400 years, and the time of feudal separatism is only about 600 years. It can be inferred that national unification is the mainstream and general trend in China's thousands of years of civilization history.
Mount Tai, which is associated with the unification of China, has gradually formed an image of the exclusive five mountains in people's minds. It is not only majestic and tall, but also has more profound political, economic and cultural implications. Mount Tai itself is a symbol of the unity and unity of the Chinese nation. From the supreme ruler to the common people, how many footprints have been left on Mount Tai, and how many people have been inspired by Mount Tai. Today's China people no longer regard Mount Tai as the heavenly pillar on the navel of heaven and earth as in ancient times, and no one will go to the top of Mount Tai to firewood for the sun. However, more and more people climb Mount Tai to watch the sunrise, especially during May Day and National Day every year, from the initial thousands to tens of thousands, it has gradually developed to hundreds of thousands. People came from all corners of the country with Mount Tai, and left with Mount Tai. Many people come and go, come and go.
Mount Tai is a kind of cultural cohesion. Represents the psychology of * * *, and also represents the requirements of * * *. Many overseas people come to seek their roots, and some go to their hometown, their roots, their parents, their grandparents and their birthplace. But where does the root of culture come from? There are many places and spots around, but Mount Tai and Mount Tai on the Yellow River are more representative.
Whether it is a major festival or an ordinary day, people are climbing Mount Tai all the time, with a long mountain road and a long night. How many people breathe the breath of life and shoulder the hopes and prayers of many people. Whenever you walk through a long mountain road, spend a long night, stand on the top of Mount Tai, face the sunrise, and stretch the lofty spirit of ancient and modern times in the realm of harmony between man and nature, you can truly understand what is the flow of history and what is the cohesion of the soul.