五帝是中国古代重要的神祇系统。其主要职能是分别掌管金、木、水、火、土五行系统,因此又称为五行之神、五精之君。从先秦到汉武帝时期,随着大一统政权的逐步形成,五色帝经历了一个由至上神降格为从属于天的职能神的过程,但始终具有崇高的地位,不但是国家祭祀的主要神祇,还逐渐渗透到民间信仰中,成为三教九流的膜拜对象。古人对五色帝祭祀仪式进行了精心设计,表达出了促成天人合一境界的强烈诉求。 Five emperors are an important system of gods in ancient China. Its main function is respectively in charge of gold, wood, water, fire, earth five lines system, so also known as the god of the Five Elements, five fine monarch. From the pre-Qin period to the Han Dynasty, with the gradual formation of the grand unification regime, the Five-colored Emperor experienced a process of degenerating God from supreme deity to subordinate function of God, but always had a lofty status. It was not only the main deity of national sacrifice, But also gradually infiltrated into folk beliefs and became the object of cult of all things in all its forms. The ancients carefully designed sacrificial ceremonies of the Five Colors, expressing their strong desire to promote the unity of heaven and man.