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Folk Beliefs Impact On Rural Society

Posted on:2014-11-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M Y YaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2267330392962955Subject:Folklore
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In traditional rural socirty, folk belief is a type of universal phenomenon As the economydevelops fast in our country, the importance of socialist mental civilization construction gets moreand more apparent. It is importance for social life should not ignored therefore the article analysesthe influences of folk belief on rural society by viewing the Taihe.The content of Taihe folk beliefis very abroad including worshiping Avalokitesvara,Kangwang bogong bopo ancesters and so on.This is just a special case but it reflects the peculiarity that belief culture is all-inclusive. This isalso an universal specialty of folk belief actually. This is also proved in some other areas aroundthe country saw from another aspect.It also shows its own feature for example the activitiesrelated to folk belief connect tightly with patriarchal clan related to Confucian ethics basis the bestexample is Shukou village ouyang and Jueyu zhou worship their ancesters. This is a typical aboutlocal folk belief tends to patriarchal clan. There are still many types of believes exist here anddevelop according to their steps and rhythm but the local folk belief and organizations can beself-adjustmentIn the article, it specifically describes how the folk belief became a kind of mentalcivilization need and cultural resource. It can not only uncover the importance of folk belief onpeople’s view of life and view of value and rural society the folk belief influences people’s lifestyle and its value changes a lot ruralization mixes with modernization which forms a nutiple lifestatement. It shows that present folk belief and rural society interact complexly which is a kind ofinteraction relationship that is against and interactive. It can often take related measures as thetime and social circumstance change and to fulfill the goal for myself. It can not only develop folkculture tourism improve village’s appearance and life condition, but also can set up folkautonomous organizations. Realizing self-government and self-serving folk belief culture can pushthe development of rural social material and mental life construction and makes more full use offolk belief on humanistic care and psychological counseling.It has much influence on improvingsocial present life statement and rural self-government and also results positive influence onadvancing rural society culture construction.
Keywords/Search Tags:Taihe County, Folk belief, Ancestor worship, rural society, clan
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