The Study On Shanhaijing's Folkcustom Of Faith Andit's Literature Value

Shanhaijing has many values for subjects as an important classic book.Nowadays it is considered a wizard book with major mythology values in academic circles.But this opinion doesn't conform to the real condition of Shanhaijing's text through the visual angle of value judge.Because in this book,there are rich phenomenon of social mood and folk custom rudimentarily.For example,many faith folk customs in the book are worth to be explored and comprehended.This paper analyses the faith folk customs of Shanhaijing through four aspects,they are the faith of mountain,stone,water and fire,the faith of animal and plant,the faith of astronomical phenomena,the faith of ancestor and hero.On this foundation,it goes step further to comprehend the literature values of the faith folk customs.The paper utilizes many theories and methods,they are Folklore's,Folk literature's,Anthropology-'s,Psychology's and Aesthetics's..The main contributions of this paper are three aspects. Firstly, it strives for defining many concepts and categories related to the faith of folk customs more clearly.Secondly,it arranges and systematize the Shanhaijing's faith folk customs.Theodly, it explores the literature values of Shanhaijing's faith folk customs through three aspects preliminarily.