A Study On The Folk Religious Belief Of Myanmar

So far, the overseas Chinese mainland academic circles studies focus onseveral leading economic development of Southeast Asian nations. For theBurmese Chinese research is less. In the field of religious studies, mostly to alloverseas Chinese or a sample of southeast Asia as a whole the research scope andlack of case studies in the field of religion. This article main chapters structuredway of thinking is as follows:This thesis first defined the basic concept of folk religion, Chinese inSoutheast Asia as a whole introduction to the basic characteristic of the Chinesefolk religion, and expounds the basic situation of Chinese folk religion spread, andto refine the operation and management of Chinese temples. According to theabove content to analysis the social function of the folk religious belief, and toanalysis the change of traditional Chinese folk religion to Myanmar that to bespread by overseas Chinese.Folk religion not only provides the spiritual concern for Burma’s ethnicChinese, its influence also extended to multiple aspects in the field of Chinesesecular life. Folk religion is provided with the function of national identity,cultural fusion, maintaining unity, contact villagers relationship social. Socialfunction of folk religion has not only integrated the blood clan of the function,also involving virtual kinship surname clan organizations, geopolitical folks hall,industry margin of industry associations and other social group cohesion andidentity of the organization. Folk religion for the Burmese Chinese societyconstruction provides the basic organizational principle and cultural strategy.Chinese to Burma has a long history, they brought with Chinese uniqueculture, religion and so on to Burma, to communicate with the local culture fusion,has formed a Chinese folk traditional religious culture. Burma’s ethnic Chinesefolk religion under the influence of Chinese traditional culture and has the basiccharacteristic of the unique Chinese culture characteristics; With livingenvironment change, the Burmese Chinese folk religion also show participation,absorption and variation characteristics of the residence culture what had happened. Therefore, traditional folk religion to Myanmar after transmission byoverseas Chinese, show the sexual transmission and local variation of doublefeatures.