Tài Shān
Religious worship at Tài Shān has a tradition of 3,000 years. It has been practiced from the time of the Shang to that of the Qing Dynasty. Over time, this homage evolved into an imperial rite and Tài Shān became one of the principal places for an emperor to pay homage to heaven, (on the summit), and the earth, (on the ground), in the Feng and Shan sacrifices respectively.
By the time of the Zhou Dynasty, Tài Shān had become highly ritualized ceremonies in which the head of a local feudal would travel there to make sacrifices of jade and food items. These items would then be arranged in a ritually correct pattern before being buried on the mountain. According to the Zhou ritual belief, the spirit of Tài Shān would only accept the sacrifices from that of a feudal lord.
In 219 B.C.E., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, held a ceremony on the summit and proclaimed the unity of his empire.
By the time of the Zhou Dynasty, Tài Shān had become highly ritualized ceremonies in which the head of a local feudal would travel there to make sacrifices of jade and food items. These items would then be arranged in a ritually correct pattern before being buried on the mountain. According to the Zhou ritual belief, the spirit of Tài Shān would only accept the sacrifices from that of a feudal lord.
In 219 B.C.E., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, held a ceremony on the summit and proclaimed the unity of his empire.