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City God is one of the Duke of Zhou and Ba Shen, which originated from the ancient water and city sacrifices. "City" originally refers to the dug-up high wall, and "shovel" originally refers to the moat without water. In order to protect the safety of the people in the city, ancient man-made cities built tall walls, towers, gates, moats and moats. They believe that everything closely related to people's life and production safety has gods, so cities and cities are deified as the protectors of cities. Taoism incorporated it into its own gods, calling it the god of protecting the country from evil spirits and taking charge of the dead in the underworld.

Chenghuang Temple:

City God is a natural god. Where there is a city, there is a city god temple. The earliest City God Temple was found in Wuhu City God Temple, which was founded in the second year of Wu Chiwu in the Three Kingdoms (239). In history, there are records of people in the Tang Dynasty offering sacrifices to the God of the Town God, such as Li Deyu, Li and Du Mu. After the Song Dynasty, the city god began to be personified, and most of them were regarded as the city god by heroes or famous officials after their death. For example, during the Warring States Period, Huang Xie, the goddess of spring in Suzhou, Qin Yubo in Shanghai, Wen Tianxiang and Yang Jiao in Beijing, Zhou Xin in Hangzhou, Pang Wang in Huiji, Nanning and Su Mi in Guilin. In the late Tang Dynasty, in the first year of Qing Dynasty (934), the city god was made king. In the first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu (1368), the imperial edict made the city gods of Kaifeng, Lin Hao, Shuhe and Pingchu kings, and their status was just the same as that of a surname, a teacher and Taibao, which influenced the prime minister, and the city gods of various prefectures, states and counties also served as officials and princes. Zhou is the supervisor of Xianyou Hou of the company, with the position of Grade III; County god is the supervisor of the company city god, with four positions. He rebuilt the Town God Temple in various places, the scale of which was exactly the same as that of the local government offices, and he also prepared mourning clothes according to the level. In the third year of Ming Taizu Hongwu (1370), he entered the canon and removed his title. It is only called "the God of the Town God in a certain house and county", which makes it impossible for the Town God Temple to worship other gods. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was born in the land temple, so he had great respect for the land temple and the "boss" of the land. During the reign of Xiaozong in the Ming Dynasty (1488- 1506), Chen (1232- 1277), an anti-Yuan hero in Putian, was made Lord of Fuzhou City God, subordinate to Chen Zan (1232-).

Chenghuang Temple, Jiulisan; All kinds of business are in it; From silk and satin to cowshed and whip ... this is the impression of every old Xi people on Chenghuang Temple. However, few people fully understand the whole history and changes of Chenghuang Temple. Town God belief has a long history and is widely spread in China. Xi 'an Capital City God Temple, located in the middle of West Street, was built in the 20th year of Ming Hongwu (1387). Its original site was Jiuyao Street in Dongmen, and it was moved to its present site in the eighth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1432), which was the three largest city god temples in the world at that time.

The origin of the word "city god";

"City God" originated from ancient city walls and moats.

The word "city god" comes from ancient city walls and moats. In the eyes of the ancients, it was a god who guarded the safety of the people and blessed the peace of one side. City God is a great hero who has made great contributions to the country and the nation or an honest official Tessa who benefits the local people. Some of them went down in history, some made great achievements and were deeply respected and loved by the people. The belief in the city god has entrusted people with the memory and worship of heroes and sages, which is deeply rooted in people's hearts and widely circulated. City God is not only the host of human justice, but also the master of life and death.