The altar to worship the gods has been built. There was no time to compact it with soil, so it was built with a wooden frame. Although it is not very high, the upper, middle and lower floors are covered with flags, and then wrapped with cloth and silk yarn. It looks like
It's totally the same thing.
"...The chariot of the spirit is formed by black clouds, riding a flying dragon, and its feathers are flying. Under the spirit, it is like a wind horse, a dragon on the left, and a white tiger on the right. When the spirit comes, it is full of gods. It rains first and descends from all kinds of descendants. The spirit comes.
When it comes, I will celebrate the yin and yin, let go of my fear, and my heart will be shaken..."
The musicians neatly wore their crowns and wore silk gauze over their Gebu robes. They sat on the thin reed mat and played the suburban sacrificial song in an orderly manner, announcing the start of the entire sacrificial activity.
Although the song of the Suburban Sacrifice is a bit beyond the standard for a ritual to worship the gods, it is not a big deal, because it actually belongs to the same level of songs...
The Song of Suburban Sacrifice was formulated by the great Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and such a movement was listed separately in the Yuefu. The music was composed by Li Yannian and the lyrics were written by Sima Xiangru. Thinking about it, it seems that some of the later kings and empresses will share it.
The feeling of performing on stage...
Chiyang is located to the north of Jingshui River, so some people call it Jingyang. Because Jingshui River is clear and it is close to Gaoling in the north, it is more in line with the ancient academic view of qi, so it became Li Jue's choice to pull it into his arms.
It is an area that he has enfeoffed, and now there are some simple straw huts built all the way from Chiyang City Gate to the altar ten miles away, and some expensive silk is wrapped around the huts. It can be said that
This alone costs a lot of money.
The Han Dynasty has to be said to be an older dynasty. From Liu Bang to Liu Xie now, it has lasted for more than 400 years. This can be regarded as the first time in Chinese history that long-term peace and stability have been achieved under the premise of unification.
, naturally the so-called gods, or the spirits of ancestors, have developed to a greater extent, and the amount of money consumed far exceeded that of the Zhou Dynasty or the Qin Dynasty.
Sacrifice is the most direct manifestation of this kind of culture. If you can get God's favor, money and other things will be nothing...
When people live in the world, they always struggle hard and strive for survival, and they always have good hopes. Therefore, rulers also take advantage of this and use mysterious and solemn rituals to show that they are the spokesperson of the will of heaven and earth or gods.
, possessing the power to govern all peoples.
This may also be the most fundamental reason why Guo Bang is willing to hold such a ceremony to worship heaven. In Guo Bang's concept, it is better to say that it is a sacrifice to heaven than to sacrifice people, because he also wants to use such a model to tell everyone
The people from Xiliang, or Guo Si himself, are definitely God's favorites and have supreme power.
In fact, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was not the highest-level sacrificial activity in the Han Dynasty. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods was the highest level.
"Build an altar of earth on Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven, and repay the merits of heaven, so it is called Feng. The hill below Mount Tai is to remove the earth, and repay the merits of earth, so it is called Zen. Those who talk about Zen are the gods." However, the ceremony of Fengchan is too much after all.
The ceremony is grand, and according to tradition, it has to be held at Mount Tai, so we can only settle for the next best thing and hold a second-rate sacrifice.
Among the secondary sacrificial activities, there are three types, namely suburban sacrifices, kitchen sacrifices, and other sacrifices. Unfortunately, perhaps unlike most dynasties in later generations, in the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activity of offering sacrifices to heaven belonged to other sacrifices.
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As a suburban sacrifice, it was very popular during the Western Han Dynasty, especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It was held once every three years and was grand in scale. Many etiquette regulations were set during that time. But what is very interesting is that by the time of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu,
He only conducted rural sacrifices once in his life, and I don't know if he was influenced by Emperor Guangwu. The subsequent emperors of the Western Han Dynasty did not conduct any special rural sacrifices.
The Kitchen Sacrifice is also more advanced than the simple ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky. Not only the official sacrifices, but also the folk sacrifices. Sacrifice to the God of Taishe in February is a national activity, and the "February 2" festival in later generations is also
That’s where it comes from.
And just the ceremony of worshiping the sky, that is, worshiping the gods, is ranked with the gods of the earth, sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. Of course, among all the gods, the position of the gods is the highest.
Whether it is the emperor's accession to the throne, alliance oaths, or worship, etc., they are all inseparable from the worship of gods.
But it is obvious that for the gods, the things in the world are too insignificant, so they have almost no time to care about it, just like humans generally don't pay attention to what the ants are worshiping. If the ants also
If you know how to offer sacrifices.
There was a sound of golden drums at the city gate of Chiyang County. Several bright banners first appeared in the crowd's sight from the city gate, followed by colorful canopies and the mighty knights...
…
At this moment, Guo Si was being escorted by the Guards, sitting on a canopy car, trying to control his body's stability while swaying three times, and slowly walked to the altar. For Guo Si, this sacrifice was
Naturally, it can be said to be a very important thing...
Although the location in Chiyang made Guo Bang feel a little uncomfortable, it was just to give Li Jue a face. More importantly, this time the sacrifice was hosted by Guo Bang. The emperor was still young and was staying in Chang'an.
That's good, and as a royal nobleman, naturally he can't do anything lightly. Of course, he, as an "important" minister, can do such "hard" things for him.
The emperor, the emperor, and the queen of earth are very important existences in the eyes of ordinary people. If Guo Bin performs the sacrifice to the gods, it means that he plays an important role in the government and the public, which naturally becomes the "legitimacy" of his current status.
The best footnote is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was keen to go to Mount Tai once every five years to perform the Zen ceremony.
As the newly appointed general of the dynasty, this guard of honor was naturally not too shabby. For a formal occasion, Guo Si could not ride a horse, but ride a car, that is, a canopy car, and it was not one, but four.
, that is, four canopy carts pulled by four horses.
Of course Guo Si couldn't ride in four cars at the same time, but what he wanted was this style and tone, which was the same as the long series of wedding cars in later generations.
The one at the front is called the golden car. In fact, it is the guide car of the honor guard convoy. The car is usually equipped with gold tins or gold cymbals, which are used to hit and make a loud sound. After the golden car is the drum car. On the car
There is a Yinggu drum standing upright, and there are drummers on both sides of the Yinggu drum, holding drumsticks, and they are beating hard, mixing the dull drum sound with the crisp golden sound, which is transmitted far and wide.
The third canopy car was naturally occupied by Guo Si. Under the decoration of the extremely gorgeous broad robe and long sleeves, this horse thief in the past seemed to be a little more elegant today...
Of course, in addition to the last carriage with flags on it, there were also knights advancing slowly on both sides, fighting in pairs on the left and right, armed with spears, spears, halberds, axes, spears, and shields, exactly twelve of them.
Behind the motorcade, there were also soldiers and servants, including military servants, Qi servants, Dao servants and field servants carrying various utensils, dragging the whole queue into a long queue.
Horseman.
Flag utensils.
Swinging across the long street.
It’s just that the scenery is endless.
As the crowds on both sides of the road bowed down, looking from the angle of the canopy car, one could only see the lowered heads and raised buttocks. Such a situation naturally made Guo Si, who was sitting in the canopy car, distraught.
, became complacent, feeling that at this moment, the glory of the whole world was gathered in oneself, he couldn't help twirling his beard, just like the bride following the sedan chair, although she tried her best to maintain her restraint, but it was still exposed to a certain extent.
A hint of a smile…
The ten-mile journey was neither long nor short, and we soon arrived in front of the altar. Those ceremonial staff and martial arts performers who had been waiting under the altar for a long time were amidst the loud chants of the ceremonial officer.
, also prostrated themselves on both sides of the road.
Guo Bin, who was sitting on the canopy car, walked forward slowly without squinting, maintaining a majestic posture. However, this posture did not last long...
For some unknown reason, a puff of black smoke suddenly appeared from the temporary colorful sheds on both sides of the road, and soon flames emerged and started to burn!
The flames spread on the silk yarn and burned very quickly, quickly igniting the hay on the grass shed. Coupled with the wind blowing in the field, the wind immediately helped the fire, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind. In the blink of an eye,
There was smoke billowing and sparks flying!
"It's flooded! It's flooded! Come on, come on!" Suddenly someone shouted, calling for people to put out the fire. The people who were originally watching the ceremony on both sides of the road were in chaos. They ran around and became a mess.
The orderly queue was disrupted a lot...
Under the look of the leader, the shirtless martial arts dancers who were lying on the ground got up silently one by one, and then gradually approached the canopy convoy where Guo Si was.
"This is the moment!" Someone in the motorcade shouted loudly, "Punish the traitors and eradicate the evil! Eliminate the national traitors! Act quickly!"
Immediately, many people among the crowd also shouted in unison: "Punish the traitors and eradicate the evil! Get rid of the national traitors!"
There was an immediate "boom" of people, and it was chaotic.
Guo Bunteng stood up from the canopy car. He never thought that such a situation would happen!
After learning that Ma Teng led his troops to Xinfeng through Chang'an, Guo Bang basically felt a lot more relaxed and even began to be a little optimistic, because as long as he joined forces with Ma Teng and Han Sui, he could really say that in the Guanzhong area,
Xiliang's strength has become an absolute advantage!
It is precisely because of this that Guo Bang wanted to hold such a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven before Fan Chou and Han Sui, or even Li Jue and Ma Teng, to add some weight to his words. However, he did not expect that
I encountered something like this!
"Protect the general!"
Several approaching cavalry guards approached Guo Bang's canopy car!
"Death to the national traitor!"
A servant holding a copper basin turned around and slammed the copper basin into the face of the knight on the side. Then he pounced on him regardless, grabbed the knight's waist, and dragged him aside, trying to pull him away.
The cavalrymen pulled off their horses...
A dancer silently waved his sword and hit a Guo Si soldier in the face. Although the ax used in the dance ceremony was not edged and was painted on wood, after all,
It can be regarded as a heavy blunt weapon, and it also has a shield, which can be used to withstand the counterattacks of some Guo Si's cavalry...
"Dad! Mom!"
"Lady!"
"Mr. Lang!"
The people who were watching the excitement on both sides of the road, who had no idea what was going on, were frightened out of their wits by the scene in front of them. They immediately ran away in confusion, pushing and trampling each other, crying and shouting...
In a valley in the distance, Fei Qian was ambushing here with his men.
With the help of local snakes, the work of lurking is actually not as difficult as imagined. Otherwise, the Han Dynasty would not be known as the era with the most fugitives. Even those imperial prisoners could openly become guests of county governors from various places. Therefore, Fei lurked
Under the cover of the two Pangs, Shi Shiran was reduced to pieces, and then came to the vicinity of Chiyang.
Of course, the so-called "reconciliation" is actually not much. Even if the hundred cavalry that Zhao Yun detoured are combined, it is only six hundred cavalry, which is not much, but if you want to cause trouble, a few are still enough.
The few scouts who stayed on the top of the mountain saw the black smoke and fire on the other side of the altar. They immediately turned their heads and shouted into the valley: "There's a fire! I saw a fire!"
"Let's go!" Fei Qian got on his horse, waved his hand, and without any unnecessary nonsense, he, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun headed towards the altar in front of him.
Amidst the chaotic noise of the fire scene, Fei Qian's 600 cavalry did not attract the attention of Guo Si and others at first.
Guo Bang even angrily tore off his neatly dressed brocade robe, took the spear handed over by the cavalry guard beside him, stood condescendingly on the canopy, and assassinated several people who dared to challenge his majesty.
He commanded the cavalry to start killing these ceremonial personnel who did not have many sharp weapons in their hands...
Guo Si did not expect that these people would dare to do such a thing. Of course, he also brought some cavalry and infantry as guards. However, due to etiquette, ordinary soldiers could not follow him to the altar.
So now most of the infantry are on the periphery, and they were hastily separated by these common people and the ceremonial personnel who rushed forward at the risk of their own lives. However, as long as these personnel who are trying to stand in front of them are killed, they will be
Gathered in one place...
At this moment, a muffled sound and vibration that was much smaller than the crazy shouts near the altar slowly spread...
The dull sound of horse hooves, at first, kicked slowly, then gradually accelerated the speed of rising and falling, and then in the blink of an eye, it turned into a continuous and intensive dull sound of tapping the ground, like a whirlwind, towards the altar.
Sweeping in!
The six hundred cavalry brought by Fei Qian were all elite soldiers who had gone through the battle formation. Each of them was an elite soldier in the prime of life. In addition, there were three hundred cavalry among them. Both men and horses were covered with a layer of battle armor. Although
For weight reasons, the war horses were only equipped with leather armor, but when these three hundred heavy riders galloped ahead, they still felt an unstoppable and powerful force!
According to Fei Qian's old habit, these cavalrymen not only have iron armor and helmets, but also naturally have masks with ghost faces painted on them as standard. At this moment, the masks have been put down, revealing the ferocious pattern, and only two eyes are exposed in the dark eyes.
There is a light shining in the hole...
When these cavalry are pressing forward like moving armored fortresses; when the manes of the war horses are fluttering and dancing in the wind; when the breath is gushing out from under these ghost faces; when the swords and spears are raised
When the cold light flickered under the sun, the six hundred cavalry, who were arrayed in order, burst out with a majestic momentum that was overwhelming!
Six hundred armored cavalry are getting closer and closer!
The peripheral soldiers who were gathering towards Guo Bang felt something was wrong. When they turned around to check, they suddenly discovered a group of Fei Qian men who had been killed from the oblique stab. They had just shouted the word "enemy attack" when they saw it.
A wave of arrows shot from the sky, and then everything went dark...
"Kill the national traitors!"
Six hundred armored cavalry crashed into Guo Si's guard soldiers!
