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Dai Temple at Mount Tai. The Temple of the God of Mount Tai, known as the Dai Temple (Chinese: 岱 庙; pinyin: Dàimiào), is the largest and most complete ancient building complex in the area. It is located at the foot of Mount Tai in the city of Tai'an and covers an area of 96,000 square meters.
Main hall of the Dai Temple (岱庙 Dàimiào) at Mount Tai. As the major one of the Eastern Peak Temples, dedicated to the Bluegreen Deity, the spring aspect of the Highest Deity, identified with Jupiter, [11] it has been a site of fire sacrifice to Di since prehistoric times. [12] Mount Tai is the holiest of China's sacred mountains.
Main hall of the Dai Temple (岱庙 Dàimiào) at Mount Tai. As the major one of the Eastern Peak Temples, dedicated to the Bluegreen Deity, the spring aspect of the Highest Deity identified with Jupiter, [30] it is a site of fire sacrifice to Di since prehistoric times. [31]
Emperor Dongyue (or Dongyue Dadi Chinese: 東嶽大帝; lit. 'The Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak') is a Daoist deity of the sacred mountain Mount Tai. [1] He is also believed to be the leader of a large bureaucratic celestial ministry overseeing the maintenance of the Book of Life (生死簿), a register of the due dates on which each and every human soul must be summoned before the Judges ...
Dai, also rendered as Tai and sometimes known in historiography as the Tuoba Dai (Chinese: 拓跋代), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Tuoba clan of Xianbei descent, during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms (although it is not listed as one of the 16).
The emperor Zhao Heng then reconstructed the Dai Temple on Mount Tai, which is the central religious construct of Taoism and the main place to show emperor's authority and relation to heaven. The emperor Zhao Heng then renamed the central building in Dai Temple as Tian Kuang Hall. [2]
The sacrifices were usually offered at Mount Tai, [1] the highest peak in the area, and nearby Mount Liangfu. The emperor would pay homage to heaven (on the summit) and earth (at the foot of the mountain) in the Feng (Chinese: 封; pinyin: Fēng) and Shan (Chinese: 禪; pinyin: Shàn) sacrifices respectively. [2]
Main hall of the Dai Temple at Mount Tai. As the major one of the Eastern Peak Temples, dedicated to the Green (or Blue) Emperor, the spring aspect of the Highest Deity identified with Jupiter, [19] it is a site of fire sacrifice to Di since prehistoric times. [20]