Pilgrimage (The Spirit and Rite of Religious Shrines)

Author: Liu Ting, Ren Gang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: God gave the world ten parts of beauty: nine were given to Jerusalem, and the remaining one was given to the rest of the world. God also gave the world ten parts of sorrow: nine were given to Jerusalem, and the remaining one was given to the rest of the world. In the northern part of the great desert, there is a particularly fertile land. Its shape resembles a crescent moon, known as the "Crescent-Shaped Fertile Land." Whenever the Semites brought their cattle and sheep to this place, the locals would drive them away. The Semites considered this place paradise and desperately wanted to live there as pastoralists. They launched countless attacks against the locals. After numerous failures, finally, they succeeded in occupying the region. Among the Semites, there was a tribe called the Hebrews. The Hebrews wanted to occupy a narrow strip of land within the Crescent-Shaped Fertile Land, which is today's Palestine. The Hebrews had long heard that this place was called the "Land of Milk and Honey." However, it had long been occupied by a tribe called the Canaanites.