In addition, as mentioned earlier, some witches, workers and Chiyou people go south, and we can find more typical religious colors in the farther south. Its jade ritual vessels are mainly Huang Cong (the outer side is round, so it is a place in the sky). Actually, it should be Sirius, * * * worker) and Wu Yu shovel (actually, it should be Nanmenxing who sacrifices to the Chiyou family). So strictly speaking, it is a jade ritual vessel.
The farther north you go, the wall of the ritual sky is the main one (the inside is round, so it is the zenith, so it should be the Beidou). The farther north you go, the earlier the dragon jade carving (as for other forms of dragon carving, it is earlier). These jade articles should be called ritual vessels.
In other words, rituals and sacrifices are different. Courtesy and sincere respect for God (Emperor Xing-Beidou system) is a patriarchal spirit, with no form as its main purpose. People's selfishness has not been highlighted but has been guided by sages, which is a simple psychological state. The "etiquette" system handed down from ancient times in China is its manifestation. In this respect, China Ritual Culture, the representative work of Zou Changlin, a domestic scholar, is systematically discussed. This is not only a spectacular sight, but also won the essence of China culture, and has incisive opinions, which will be discussed in detail when we talk about the relationship between writing and civilization. "Rites are hidden in jade", and the hidden meaning of jade has been expounded in ancient and modern times. The Chinese Jade Culture written by Mr. Yao today is also systematic and rich.
It is the ancestors and Hades they rely on who worship and fear. Although the worship of gods is actually a sacrifice to the Antarctic starry sky (old age-Sirius constellation), its content is complex and diverse, and most of the primitive religions of later generations are here. The wizard is actually the protagonist here, so it is inevitable to worship (such as offering sacrifices) and entertain (such as dancing) the gods in various strange ways.
It is precisely because of this that, on the surface (actually standing on the so-called civilization standard in the West), the civilization history of China in the East is later than that of ancient Egypt, Babylon, Crete and ancient India in West Asia and North Africa (the actual founder's ancestral home is in China), because many things marked by civilization, such as writing, capital, architecture and system, are earlier than that of China, which makes China people talk about their own history. Even in the Xia dynasty, the economy was only four thousand years old. But the date of the bamboo book is called "Summer Full of Yin". Later generations, unknown so, did not know that the author's "summer" was not what we thought, but only after Qi ascended the throne or when Yu was in power. In fact, China people have been called Xia since ancient times, and this history can be traced back to a long time ago. At least 6000 years ago, there was an era when ancient history used "elegant language" to address the world.
To say the least, it existed at least in the era of the Yellow Emperor. Yellow stands for China and China stands for summer.
In fact, from the study of the history of ancient civilizations, we can see that apart from China's continuous civilization, several ancient civilizations have become history, leaving only formal remains (ancient buildings and ancient characters). Why? One of the main reasons for this situation is naturally due to the conquest of him by the Eastern emperors in past dynasties (because of his arrogance and extravagance), the "communication between the Jedi and Heaven" of Emperor Zhuan Xu (later Emperor Yao) and the destruction of the Chiyou people who moved westward.
But more importantly, it is because the patriarchal spirit (ritual) spreads in the East and is rooted in the brain. As a "primitive collective unconscious", it is deeply rooted in the soul of China people, so it is immortal. This is also why Confucius, who won the spirit of etiquette in the Zhou Dynasty, said such a seemingly extreme language as "the existence of barbarians is not as good as the death of summer". Of course, Yi Xia is not a geographical thing, but a spiritual thing of the patriarchal clan system (etiquette), so Confucius is not biased, and history has proved this. This patriarchal spirit of China people is a holistic and systematic idea of "the world is for the public", which is well explained by the famous words of Zhang Hengqu, a later philosopher:
"Make a heart for heaven and earth, make a life for the people, inherit the past and the future, and open a peaceful future."
This is the same as the four wishes of Mahayana Buddhism, so it is no wonder that the founder of Buddhism said that I have the breath of Mahayana in the East!
In the West (West Asia, North Africa and the Near East), it is different. The emergence of writing and religion has promoted the division of classes, the division of ideas, and the emergence and strengthening of personal consciousness and privatization. In fact, as I said before, the original script was created by Cang Xie, an oriental witch, but it is precisely because of the particularity of the script that it highlights the tools of individual thinking, that is, it marks the maturity of self-consciousness (that is, consciousness and thinking) and even self-consciousness (that is, human desire). Therefore, it is recorded in ancient times that Cang Xie created the word cloud: "The sky is a millet for rain, the ghost cries at night, and the dragon is a dragon."
Because of this, the witch clan split rapidly and moved to the south and west. However, there are still some original characters in the local area. These are Oracle Bone Inscriptions 8,000 years ago, such as the painted symbols on Oracle Bone Inscriptions pottery unearthed in Qin 'an Dadiwan, a cultural site in Peiligang, Henan, and the carved symbols on Xi 'an Banpo pottery 7,000 years ago. But on the whole, this article has not been circulated locally, and it may be secretly prohibited. Even if the wizard later created a new writing method to make it more suitable for writing and preservation, it may be circulated in the East in secret, or it may be known to the emperors in the East. Before, I quoted Huainanzi to describe the merits and demerits of Nu Wa: "After nine days, my name will remain in the future generations, and everything will be smoked out", indicating that Xiaqihuang is a clay-printed book. This kind of clay-printed book may have been brought back by Sumerians who came back later, and some people got it, or even got it all the time. Why? Because Cai Yong in Jin Dynasty once said that "there are traces of birds in ancient prose", the word "traces of birds" is an excellent description of "carving" clay tablets, because clay tablets are made by pressing them with reed pipes and then firing them. Bird toes are like reed pipes, and traces of stepping on soil are like reed pipes pressing on clay tablets, which indicates that Cai Yong may have seen or heard of them. At the same time, the content of the evidence is that Guo Pu of the same age,
I have seen a well-preserved mountain and sea map in Mountain and Sea Map, which is the prehistoric global map record mentioned above. Then with the disappearance of the ancient country of Loulan, these things disappeared in the history of China, and then the ancient map appeared in the west Turkic (Tuli) that moved westward.