On the Primitive Religious Connotation of the Sacred Figure"Five"in Ancient Shu
In the ancient Shu(古蜀)culture,"five"is a sacred number which has been worshiped by people.The numerical consciousness and numerical meaning of"five"are derived from the spatial intuition of the five directions and the center(the fifth direction),which is closely related to the concept of"the center of the world".The sacredness of"five"originated from the spatial sacredness of"the center of the world",and the worship of"five"by Shu people originated from the worship of the sacred space of"the center of the world".Associated with the myths of"the center of the world"Duguang and Jianmu,the ancient Shu cosmology implies a unique cultural connotation and has realized a transformation from sacred space to sacred figures.The sacred"five"is a product of the unique cosmology of the ancient Shu.
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