Why was Taian a real ghost town in ancient times?

In ancient mythology, there is heaven on earth and hell on earth. The duty of heaven is to take care of the immortals, and the duty of hell is to take care of the imps. In ancient China fairy tales, the prototype of the underworld is Taian. Anyone who has been to Mount Tai knows that there is a mountain in front of Mount Tai, which is also near Tai 'an Railway Station. Its name is Jiaoli Mountain, and now it has been changed to Hero Mountain. In ancient myths and legends, Hero Mountain is the underworld, as the old saying goes? The soul in Artemisia? That is, after death, the soul will come to this place.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were many landmark buildings here, such as the Gate of the Ghost, the Rosen Hall, the Ghost Temple, etc., but these buildings were all demolished in the movement to break the four modernizations. Because the feudal emperors in ancient China all had the activity of worshipping Mount Tai, they all went to worship the nether world before worshipping the Zen, and then climbed the mountain.

Because of the existence of Tai 'an underworld legend, it also influenced Tai 'an culture. Many places in Tai 'an are also named after the names of the underworld. Ghosts in Tai 'an are mainly composed of three factors: Naihe Bridge, which divides yin and yang, Dongyue Emperor, who treats ghosts in Mount Tai, and Gutai City, which divides into three realms. The spatial pattern of the integration of ancient Taicheng Mountain City just created a triple space, which is also consistent with the system of heaven, man and earth. Mount Tai is in the east of Dai Lu. Why? Humans? Existence.

Are you online? what can I do? The bridge above, which is the one we usually talk about? Naiheqiao? It is this river that divides the whole city of Tai 'an into two halves. On the Shiping in the south of Changshou Bridge in Tai 'an, there is a white rock belt that can cross the river valleys on both sides of the river. Is it divided here? Yin and Yang? . On the south side of Changshou Bridge in Tai 'an, there is a white rock, which is divided into yin and yang. The whole city is on Tian Tong Street? Dai Miao? Daizongfang archway is a central axis, which is one of the main lines connecting people, immortals and ghosts.

In Taian, there are many other places, such as? Castle Peak Street? 、? Lingshan Street? This place name is also an old saying in China? Worship the western Lingshan Castle Peak and bury loyal bones? The origin of allusions. What was the name of the main drinking water reservoir in Tai 'an? Huang Quan Reservoir? , now renamed as? Huang Qian Reservoir? . In the myth of the underworld in Tai 'an, there is a fairy named Fu Jun of Mount Tai or Emperor Dongyue, who not only holds all the affairs in the world, but also holds everything after death.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Mount Tai was regarded as? Straight to heaven? Heaven is also a sacred mountain for emperors to sacrifice and people to worship. Taian is? Ancient capital? This also has a lot to do with Taishan's belief in treating ghosts and Taishan dominating life and death.

Taian? Ghost capital? The emergence of the myth system of the underworld is also inseparable from the popularity of Qilu culture during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qi and Lu were two superpowers. Due to the export of culture in economic exchanges, the belief in ghost capital in Tai 'an spread to the Central Plains. After the Qin Dynasty, Mount Tai's theory of subjective life and death became popular, so that emperors of all dynasties closed their doors and meditated in Mount Tai. The extensive construction of Dongyue Temple in China is also for offering sacrifices to the nether world and praying for health and longevity.