Shānxī Wànróng de Hòutǔ cí shì Zhōngguó zuì gǔlǎo de Hòutǔ miào zhī yī.
The Houtu Temple in Wanrong, Shanxi is one of the oldest Earth Deity temples in China.
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culture
后土 is the Earth counterpart to 皇天 (Huángtiān — August Heaven). Together they form the foundational deity pair in pre-Buddhist Chinese cosmology. Imperial worship of 后土 dates back to the Han Dynasty.
history
The 后土祠 (Houtu Shrine) in Wanrong County, Shanxi was a major imperial sacrifice site from Han to Song dynasties — emperors would travel there to perform earth-veneration rites.
