She and Jik mean: "She" refers to the god of the land; "Jik" refers to a grain crop, also known as corn or millet, one of the five grains. Jik" refers to a grain crop, also known as corn or millet, which is one of the five grains, and in ancient times, "Jik" was regarded as the chief of all grains.

She, in ancient times, referred to the god of the land, named according to the direction: the eastern green earth, the southern red earth, the western white earth, the northern black earth, the central yellow earth. Five colors of earth covered the altar surface, called the five colors of earth, the actual symbol of the land, and ancient times, the place, day and rituals of land sacrifice are called the community.

Jik, referring to the god of the five grains in particular, refers to the original sun of the god, that is, can grow the five grains of the land deity, which is the god of agriculture. Ming Sun Chengzong's "Reply to Yuan Jiehuan (Yuan Keli) Kaifu": "And the world's people save less from, there is a prolonged by the sun and the moon, so that the parties involved in the situation by its extremely heavy not to return to the momentum, how to but Weng force to figure out so for the gods of the earth and grain of the far plan".

Origin of the word

From the son of heaven to the vassals, all those who have land can set up a society, and even the townspeople can set up a society to worship the god of the land, and the social day has become a day of good-neighborly gatherings, and there are also all kinds of celebratory activities, "social theater", The "social fire" is a good example, and the word "society" in modern life is also related to social activities.

Jikji in the Western Zhou Dynasty was honored as the longest of the five grains, and the community and sacrifices, collectively known as "Sheji", according to the "Zhou rituals - Kaogongji", Sheji altar set in the right of the king's palace, and the left of the king's palace is set up in the opposite side of the ancestral temple, the former represents the safety of the living space, and the latter represents the stability of the source of food, the country's fundamental place, the people of the security and livelihood of the The latter represents a stable source of food, which is the foundation of the country and a necessity for the people.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Saji