土地公(東峰福德祠)

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"Earth" was regarded as god in ancient times and "sky" by ancient people. The hieroglyphs depict things that the ancients needed to express. The origin of the word "soil" or originated from the totem pole worshipped by the ancients. After the development of society and the evolution of history, the ancients added the word "礻" beside the word "soil", and used the word "she" to represent the god worshipped by the ancients, and later evolved into the god of society. China has worshipped the god of land since ancient times. "Book of Filial Piety": "The king of the community's land, the land can't be respected extensively, so the land was enshrined and sacrificed to the community, in return for merit." The master also ";" Popular Chapter "contains:" Today's God of the community, all call the land. "" Zuo Zhuan. In the twenty-ninth year of Zhaogong, "The god of the social god is Shanggong." Du Yu explained: "Using money in the society means asking the Shanggong." "Han Han Shu. "Fang Shu Chuan" also has the name of the public. Later generations called it the Landlord. In "Biography of the Spring and Autumn Period", Emperor Yan of the 11th Emperor Yan Julong, because he had settled Kyushu's meritorious service, became the official of the posthumous state, and was named the "prince" after his death. The so-called land god is the god of society, and its origin is to awe and thank the earth; the text explains the word: "she, the landlord", as the name implies, she is the owner of the land, she is the sacrifice to the earth, and there is the earth behind Saying; "Book of Rites": "Hou Tu, She Shen also"; Historical Records · Feng Zen Book: "Tang Yi Faxia, offering sacrifices to the Hou Tu", gradually transformed from nature worship to personality gods; The ruler of the Kyushu is also, his son said Houtu, can flatten Kyushu, and worshiped the society. "This seems to be the beginning of the personification of the god of the society. [2] The days of worshipping the gods of the earth are called Sheri, Fenchun and Qiu. In general folk beliefs, the gods will probably have a clear origin, but there are many sayings about the land god in the folk, and there are many different opinions. There are two examples. Said as follows: An official from the Zhou Dynasty, Zhang Fude, was born in the second year of Zhou Wu (1134 BC) on February 2nd, from childhood to filial piety. At the age of thirty-six, official transportation came, and in the 24th year of Zhou Cheng (1098 BC He was honored to be the chief tax officer of the imperial court. He was an honest official, diligent in government, and loved the people. He died at the age of 102 years before the death of King Zhou Mu in three years (1032 BC). Because in ancient times, humans like to stay beautiful, the appearance of the end of three days of life is unchanged, like a living person, everyone went to admire, everyone is amazing. After Ford's death, Wei Chao was replaced by the general tax officer. His person was impertinent, and he loved his fortune. He was in power and was overbearing. He thought of Zhang Fude as an official integrity during his lifetime. A poor family enshrined a stone house surrounded by four large stones, and soon changed from poor to rich. The people believed in God ’s grace and blessed them. They built a temple and worshipped them in gold. Often worship for business development. Another said: In the Zhou Dynasty, Zhang Fude (or Zhang Mingde), a doctor ’s domestic servant, went to a different place to go to office, leaving the young daughter in the house. Zhang Mingde took his daughter to find his father. en route. At the end of his life, the nine characters "Nantianmen Daxianfuzhengshen" appeared in the air, and the title was the title of loyal servant. The doctor read his loyalty and built a temple. Therefore, the land publicly wears the prime minister cap. In folk beliefs, the land god is different from place to place and has a term limit. Even after the death of a virtuous person, he can be named the land god by God. For example, in Pu Songling's "Liao Zhai Zhi Yi" book, there is a ghost "Dr. Wang Liulang" who drowned in the river. He has a kind heart and cannot bear the substitute of a woman holding a baby. Land God in Yuandi Town. Source: Wikipedia