Why Do They Believe It? The Anthropology Examine About The Popular Religion Of "Waibolaomu"

Consecrate "slanting the old" my YiWuLvShan QingYan temple located in western areas. YiWuLvShan region's cultural source can be traced back to the early civilization of hongshan culture. Here also have lived before xianbei, kitan, nuzhen, room of national, weil, koguryo minorities and the han culture is the intersection. Not only QingYan temple where a shakyamuni Buddha, DeCangWang etc, also has a buddhist images based TuDeMiao, and vulgar, "ten not whole" god, the snake god "jinhua" big fairy, etc. It also can say is Buddhism entering after western liaoning province with local folk beliefs blend, formed the boundaries are fuzzy beliefs. And my god "slanting QingYan temple old" visions legend has many is the worship of the goddess emerged with local legend. "My mother" although is crooked buddhist avalokitesvara one of the 32 incarnation in local, but she has left in the belief of the godhead buddhist clergy and with local to a higher, power is endless goddess gods as local folk belief.QingYan temple formerly known as "qiangiu generation temple", established in tang dynasty. There, the Lord god "twenty 3 old" crooked enshrined in my GuanYinGe substituting hope the sea within. In the BeiZhen administrative divisions located in western ChangXingDianZhen QingYan temple ditch village city. This area is a liaoning economy, social development with poor areas, people's cultural levels are low, but relatively at this point but just give folk beliefs restoration provides the environment.QingYan buddhist temple is set at the end of Confucianism, as one of the immortal a method period degrees dojo. This worship mixed pragmatism religious landscape in China folk religion Chinese style a very common phenomenon. In this dojo apparently buddhist biggest influence. And QingYan temple tourist project and religious activities are arranged according to the table to buddhas festival."Old" folk beliefs crooked my recovery and rehabilitation reasons, the push is the most intuitive legend. My mother in "slanting when belief just recovery is more refund floods, save old visions of volunteers to resist punishing evildoers lost such content, and fewer and legend. These legends of more content and local ancient goddess of legend has similar faith can be YiWuLvShan region since ancient times emerged from the goddess beliefs legends.Gradually; the content of the legendary expanded to wealth, let, let marriage be fulfilled ladder more extensive field, such as number is increasing rapidly. Followers of the audience, not just legend, and disseminator more became legend creator, host, followers not consciously make legend entered a legend "reproduction mechanism". Also because of this, the original logic is simple and how persuasive content without legend, just more spreadses more and widely. Some people actually to the heart is concerned, many people tend to willing to believe legend is true. Now again through the side people, even gain "proof", so all the legend has become really credible up at once. When these psychological premise, accede to the demands of "slanting after my mother" undoubtedly to economic society under the background of rapid transformation, one of the few people on the seems to provide a can seize the straw. So the people began to worship the attention in their own lives, once have actively change, even if have actively results causal logic, the reality of obviously many people still put it to "slanting old" visions, and not only my comfort yourself also conveniently "inspired" the other people, the "letter" is more formed.The government's participation, to "slanting old" folk beliefs on my ascension and the influence of social status made strong boost. Since 1990, QingYan temple will be driven in government "cultural temple fair" began. In addition to the original temple fair ceremony outside, still hold art exhibition, poetry recitation and singing contest, root folk art exhibition, the villages made such as Sarah yangge the. The government directly involved in the local highway of QingYan temple and new worship to maintain order, manifested the government's presence. From the relationship between state and society's point of view, countries in the development of the local characteristic culture under the banner of the intervention local folk beliefs activities, that is, from the Angle of culture made sure to folk beliefs. At present, QingYan temple card is not religious sites, also became famous tourist scenic spot and local cultural center. Thus folk beliefs in real life has also need not be name.Folk tourism companies and other social groups began QingYan temple extensive tissue people to visit my travel or honor "slanting old", in the organizational process, they will "slanting old" accede to the demands of my promotion to the broader scope. Now "old" in liaoning province crooked my has very big effect. In shenyang, for example, "my mother" crooked roadside billboard signs and to visit in shenyang city public notice of entrance examination manages assigns almost five districts and surrounding suburban county, if BaoMingDian enroll in worship, whether participants to live in the city where all can enjoy the transport of the transportation services of home. "My mother" folk beliefs crooked influence has stepped out of ChangXing town, stepped out of BeiZhen city, almost covering the liaoning province. In fact QingYan temple not difficult also see in tianjin, Shanghai, tourists or ritualist-and. These for ecomomic gain community participation will "slanting old" folk beliefs on my extended to a broader scope.