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Fengshan at Dazhong Xiangfu

Type Event Region Mount Tai, China Time 1008

The Dazhong Xiangfu fengshan was a grand Mount Tai ceremony held by Northern Song's Emperor Zhenzong after the Chanyuan Treaty, based on a heavenly b…

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  1. 1008Chengtian Gate, Bianjing · HenanZhenzong claimed to have dreamed that a heavenly deity bestowed the three-chapter heavenly book Dazhong Xiangfu; a reception ceremony was held at Chengtian Gate and the era was renamed Dazhong Xiangfu, creating a mandate-of-heaven basis for the fengshan.
  2. 1008Mount Tai summit · ShandongZhenzong led tens of thousands east to Mount Tai, sacrificing to heaven at the summit and performing the shan sacrifice to earth at Sheshou Mountain, enfeoffing the Mount Tai deity and renaming Qianfeng County to Fengfu County, proclaiming the mandate of heaven.

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