Research On The Belief And Legend Of Dra Shi Goddess

God of wealth belief is very common in almost all parts of China,especially in the more developed areas.Lhasa is the capital of Tibet.With the prosperity and development of Lhasa’s economy,Dra shi goddess has gradually become popular and become the object of worship,which is the goddess of wealth in an insignificant temple in Lhasa City.Dra shi is a Chinese transliteration of Tibetan (?).It is the name of the temple dedicated to the goddess of wealth.Ram means fairy,goddess and Heavenly Mother.Therefore,people often call this goddess Dra shi goddess,which means Dra shi goddess.The author has worked in Lhasa for many years,and has deep feelings for Tibet’s religion,culture,folk customs and the friendship between the Chinese and Tibetan people.It is the life experience in Tibet that makes the author choose Dra shi goddessand its legend as the topic of my graduation thesis.Dra shi goddessis a God formed by the integration of Chinese and Tibetan.Today,with more frequent Sino Tibetan exchanges and rapid economic development in Tibet,Dra shi goddesshas received the common belief of the two ethnic groups,and also attracted tourists from all over the world.Dra shi goddess is not only a mysterious legend,but also a female god of wealth of the Han ethnic group in Tibet.The identity of Dra shi goddessis extremely complex.This paper uses the relevant theories of folklore,ethnology and sociology to investigate the belief and legend of Dra shi goddessin Tibet.By combing the oral narration and literature records related to Dra shi goddess,and conducting field investigation on the current situation of Dra shi goddessbelief,this paper aims to verify the origin,origin and origin of Dra shi goddess With the development of legend and the change of people’s demand for Dra shi goddessbelief,we can see that Dra shi goddesshas the contemporary social functions of tourism,folk custom and people’s wish for a better life.The existence of Dra shi goddessbelief has important practical significance.At the same time,from the point of view that the Han and Tibetan people have the same identity with Dra shi goddess,Dra shi goddesshas also played an important role in the exchanges and exchanges between the two peoples,and has a far-reaching impact on casting a strong sense of the Chinese national community.The content of this paper includes the following partsThe first part discusses the cultural context of Dra shi goddessbelief and its legend from three aspects: the history and reality of Lhasa’s Ethnic blending and belief diversity,the historical and cultural origin of Dra shi goddesstemple,and an overview of Dra shi goddessbelief life.The belief and legend of Dra shi goddesscame into being under the historical and realistic background of Lhasa’s Ethnic blending and pluralistic belief.In the history of Lhasa,there have been other ethnic groups living.Today,in addition to the dominant Tibetan ethnic group,there are many ethnic minorities in Lhasa,such as Han,Hui,Naxi,Yi and Mongolian.The life of multi Ethnic blending in Lhasa has produced a multi symbiotic belief environment.Lhasa has multiple beliefs such as Tibetan Buddhism,primitive Bon,folk beliefs and Islam;The historical and cultural origin of Dra shi Monastery includes the basic situation of Dra shi Monastery,the name of Dra shi Monastery,the origin of the word "Dra shi",and the origin of Dra shi Monastery.Dra shi goddesshas a wide range of believers,including devout Buddhists,eager businessmen,temporary believers,and tourists.Dra shi goddessalso had special rituals for seeking wealth,including worship time,worship form,personal support and praise.The second part analyzes the cultural archetype of Dra shi goddesslegend from several types of Dra shi goddesslegend,the origin of Dra shi goddesslegend and the realistic archetype of Dra shi goddess.There are four main types of Dra shi goddess Legends: Duhua,the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty,women of the Han Dynasty,the source of Dra shi goddess’ s image and his drinking habit.The influence motifs of the legend of Dra shi goddess’ s origin include the motif of Emperor Qianlong’s favorite imperial concubine,the motif of Qing palace’s unjust imperial concubine,and the motif of folk grievance stories.Through the analysis of the folk belief pedigree of the chicken foot God,the current situation of the spread of the chicken foot God belief,as well as the image and origin of the chicken foot God,it is believed that the real prototype of Dra shi goddessis the chicken foot God spread in Sichuan and Chongqing.The third part analyzes the cultural causes of the legend and image of Dra shi goddessthrough the transformation from Jijiao God to Dra shi goddess,the cultural exchanges and exchanges between the Han and Tibetan Ethnic Groups,and the cultural identity of the Han and Tibetan people.The transformation from chicken foot God to Dra shi goddessexperienced the introduction of chicken foot God by zashi city.Chicken foot God survived the war of 1911 Revolution,and finally formed the legend of Dra shi goddess.The Tibetan Buddhism of chicken foot God,the influence of the narration of the Han and Tibetan Ethnic Groups,the cultural exchanges and exchanges between the Han and Tibetan Ethnic Groups promote the formation of the legend and image of Dra shi goddess.The formation of the legend of Dra shi goddessand its image expresses the cultural identity of the Han and Tibetan people.It is not only the identity of the Tibetan compatriots to the Han culture of Dra shi goddess,but also the identity of the Han compatriots to the Tibetan culture of Dra shi goddess,but also the identity of the Han people to the yearning for a better life.The fourth part makes a cultural comparison of Dra shi goddessand its legends from three aspects: Dra shi goddessand other ethnic God of wealth,local god of wealth in Tibet and Tibetan legendary figures.Through the comparison between Dra shi goddessand other ethnic God of wealth,this paper analyzes the Han people’s Wen God of wealth and Wu God of wealth and their legends,the ghost God of wealth in folk beliefs and the great black sky god of wealth in other ethnic minorities,etc.,which shows that Dra shi goddessis similar to other ethnic God of wealth in image and experience.Through the comparison between Dra shi goddessand the local god of wealth in Tibet,this paper analyzes the God of merchants,luobusanbo and its legend,the God of wealth in Tibetan Buddhism and folk treasure stories,and analyzes the differences in source time,magic power and magic tools between Dra shi goddessand the local god of wealth in Tibet.Through the comparison between Dra shi goddessand Tibetan legends,this paper analyzes the legends of Tibetan female gods and folk women,and explores the feminism of Dra shi goddessand its legends.The fifth part discusses the contemporary social function of Dra shi goddess’ s belief and legend from three aspects: the belief function of Dra shi goddess’ s God of wealth,the tourism function of Dra shi goddess’ s belief and legend,and the folk custom function.By combing the formation of Dra shi goddess’ s God of wealth function,revealing Dra shi goddess’ s influence on personal life and the specific personal practice course in Dra shi goddess’ s belief,this paper shows the belief function of Dra shi goddess’ s God of wealth.The tourism function of Dra shi goddessbelief and legend is mainly reflected in three aspects: enriching the cultural connotation of scenic spots,meeting the needs of tourists and creating tourism economic value.The folk function of Dra shi goddessbelief and legend is to educate,inherit,explain,standardize,maintain and adjust.There is a long history of communication between the Han and Tibetan Ethnic Groups,from the myths and legends of the communication between the Han and Tibetan Ethnic Groups in ancient times to the historical facts of the communication between the Han and Tibetan Ethnic Groups in the Tubo Dynasty,yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties,and then to the communication between the Han and Tibetan Ethnic Groups in modern times and since the peaceful liberation of Tibet.The belief and legend of Dra shi goddessis a kind of folk God of wealth belief formed in the multi-ethnic communication between Han and Tibetan.It has witnessed the profound friendship among many ethnic groups,expressed the cultural identity among many ethnic groups,and has far-reaching significance for casting a strong sense of Chinese national community.