Emperors Riding in Chariots Drawn by Eight Horses or Six Horses,and Immortals Riding in Chariots Pulled by Eight Dragons or Six dragons
In the Zhou Dynasty and earlier periods,emperors'chariots were drawn by eight horses,and in the late Warring States period,in the culture of immortals,immortals were depicted riding chariots drawn by eight dragons.In the late Warring States period and later in the Qin and Han Dynasties,the emperors'chariots were drawn by six horses,leading to the depiction of immortals riding chariots drawn by six dragons.It wasn't until Emperor Wu of Han who changed the ritual system,preferring the color yellow and the number five,that the Qin system was altered.In the late Western Han Dynasty,there was another change to the system,with the preference shifting from yellow to red.In ancient times,the culture of immortals attempted to correspond its etiquette with that of emperors.This is an important characteristic of our country's culture of immortals.
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