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The view of nature in Chinese traditional times can be divided into heaven and earth. Among them, the earth system is more appropriate to human real life, so its worship is particularly prominent. This passage arranges and discusses the concept of mountain worship in the territorial system. For prehistoric humans, mountains and rivers were the places to obtain necessities of life, so they were indispensable for survival. This inseparable relationship, combined with the primitive witchcraft belief, formed the concept of mountain worship. The early Mountain God was related to the ancestors, that is, the heroes who made significant contributions to the blood tribe became the mountain god after death. In the farming society, people connect mountains and rivers with the weather, so mountains and rivers have become gods praying for a good harvest, and their religious importance is further strengthened. After the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the state held large-scale mountain and river sacrifices for political purposes, but such national sacrifices had little significance as a real religion. In contrast, folk mountain and river beliefs still have a strong religious color. The object of mountain worship is gradually personified from the early image of half man and half beast, and its image is the same as that of man. Moreover, under the influence of traditional religious thoughts such as Yin-Yang and five elements theory and Taoism, mountains and rivers have gradually become immortals and incorporated into the traditional religious system.