China had no religion in ancient times. In feudal society, people's thoughts were bound by the nature of society, so they were manifested in various beliefs, including the worship of natural objects, the worship of ancestors, etc. To worship the sky, build the Temple of Heaven, and the emperor worships the sky; to worship the earth, build the altar of earth, and perform sacrifices to the earth; to worship the sun and the moon, build the altar of the sun and the altar of the moon (in a city, both the sky, the earth, the sun and the moon are built) The worship of grains is called the Sheji Altar; the worship of ancestors is built in ancestral halls and temples from family to society (in feudal society, every family has a sacrificial hall for ancestors). In addition, celebrities are also worshiped as gods, such as: Guan Yunchang is the Guandi Temple, Confucius is the Confucian Temple, Yue Fei is the Yuewu Temple, Laozi Temple, Zushi Temple, etc. In addition, there are also the Dragon King Temple, the Fire Temple, and the Earth Temple. , Chenghuang Temple, Niuwang Temple, Mawang Temple, Huxian Temple, Huangxian Temple, Erxian Zhenren Temple, Wen Temple, Empress Temple and other temples with various contents, ranging from small to large, from towns to famous mountains, all over the country.
As for the ancestral temples and palaces, the typical example is that there were temples for the five emperors during the Yao period. Xia was the family room, Gu was the main house, Zhou built the Mingtang, and the emperors had large temples to worship their ancestors. The smallest ancestral temple only has one room, and the largest temple has hundreds of houses in one place. In addition, the temple is a combination of gardens and gardens, with many features.
In terms of worshiping mountains and rivers, our country has five famous mountains, and there are temples in the mountains, such as the Dai Temple on Mount Tai in the East, the Huayue Temple on Mount Huashan in the West, the Nanyue Temple on Mount Heng in the South, the Zhongyue Temple on Mount Song in the Zhongyue, and the Temple in Hengshan in the North. There is Beiyue Temple, these temples are very large. There are also many temples in the famous mountains of the Five Towns. Beizhen Temple is built at the foot of Yiwulu Mountain; Nanzhen Temple is built at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain; Xizhen Temple is built at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain; Xizhen Temple is built at Longshan; Huoshan is a famous mountain in Zhongzhen. There is a temple in Zhongzhen; there are also large-scale temple buildings in Yishan in Dongzhen.