在汉代,人们将天与地的关系,理解成“盖天说”。“盖天说”解释宇宙就像一个大的圆顶帐篷,天是篷顶,由类似大绳的“维”张开,覆盖在方形的大地之上。天地间由巨大的天柱支撑,并按方位不同分成了若干区域,每个区域都有自己的主神和瑞兽。神住在天上,决定着万物生灵的命运。宇宙间星辰分布,日月运行,阴阳转换,五行相生相克,都在这个大的框架之内进行。 In the Han Dynasty, people understood the relationship between heaven and earth as “God said”. “Cover the sky that ” to explain the universe is like a big dome tent, the sky is a canopy roof, by a similar rope “Victoria ” open, covered in square earth above. Between heaven and earth by the huge Tianzhu support, and according to different orientation into a number of regions, each region has its own main god and auspicious animals. God dwells in heaven and determines the fate of all creatures. The distribution of the stars in the universe, the sun and the moon run, yin and yang conversion, the five elements with each other, are within the framework of this large.