The basic concept of state religion

The state religion is the political value of the country. Under normal circumstances, a country has a national religion. The so-called national religion is a cultural form with specific political ideas or beliefs as the core, specific political rituals as the form of expression, all citizens as cult members, state administrative organizations as religious organizations, national morality as religious morality, and specific historical documents as classics. Judging from the macro process of historical development, ethnic religions are not only harmless, but also beneficial and necessary. Without political belief, political ethics and political order will lose the support of ultimate value, thus losing the rationality of existence.

In countries that practice the national religious system, national religion is the dominant official ideology, which is supported and protected by the state and helps to maintain the stability of state power and the order of social life. The formation of national belief is not only a natural socialization process, but also a politicization process of power operation. China's ancient national form has undergone several changes, and there are conflicts between old and new political beliefs in each transition period of the national form. The elimination of the old national belief system and political belief is an inevitable result. This is not to say that the political tool-government and its power do not play a role, but with the change of the nature of the government, the old national belief has lost its foundation of existence. Any government is using all means to publicize its political values as much as possible. There is no doubt that the government is a tool to implement the concept of a specific country. However, the government itself needs authority, and a government without authority is useless.

Authority usually depends on two means: one means is to force members of society to obey the established social order by violence; Another method is to worship and sanctify the government itself. Practice shows that it is unsuccessful to use only one of these means, especially only violent means, which often leads to the destruction of the government itself as a political tool. In most cases in history, it is both. In this way, the government or ruler, as a tool to spread the country's political beliefs, is first believed and sanctified and becomes the center of the political belief system. So we can see that the myths about tribal leaders and emperors in the history of China are so colorful and endless.