Fengshan rite on Mount Song
· Mount Song, Dengfeng, Henan, China
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file As sovereign, Wu performed the Feng and Shan rites at Mount Song, a major ceremonial assertion of imperial legitimacy. The source explicitly describes her ascent of the mountain. Chinese-era dating in the cited text is often labeled 695; modern Gregorian conversion places the rite in early 696, reflected in the date field.
