Study On Worship Of Land In Hakka

Chinese people on the land of emotion, is the inclusion of enthusiasm and thanksgiving.Chinese folk on the land of God worship and sacrifice, has a long history.From the pre-Qin period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties this long period of time, the land of God worship is the state’s ceremony, and folk to custom, all common worship, the government and the public with equal attention, become a spiritual belief religion for the bridge construction between man and nature,"Harmony between man and nature" in the harmonious society humane phenomenon.The thesis consists of six chapters, is the study of the land worship and its development status in Beihai area, mainly Hakka villages and towns for the research center, combining land worship practices, analysis Land God (Hakka called Bogong of land、Shegong) interact with beliefs of people and regional social, at the same time, explores on Land God in the position of Chinese folk beliefs of a rich realistic significance.The first chapter is the introduction part, expounds the reason of selected topic, research object and research significance, card the research history and current situation at home and abroad about Hakka folk belief, worship of land and other aspects, discussed the research theory and the practical significance, innovations and difficulties in the process of demonstration, finally explores the research methods and the plans of writing work.The second chapter explains to Hakka history and development situation in Beihai area, namely from the genealogies, inscriptions and other field survey data to analyze the oral history of the Hakka people, deepens the understanding and analysis of the distribution and current situation of the development of Hakka, meanwhile, situations of major Hakka villages and towns would be focused on exploring.The third chapter mainly discusses the polytheistic religion customs of the Hakka villages and towns in Beihai area, on the one hand, Hepu County as a regional representative in Beihai, expounds historical background and development situation of regional folk belief, in general, grasp of the local folk beliefs of the space and object; on the other hand is in Zhakou, Gongguan, Baisha, Quzhang main Hakka villages and towns an example, elaborate the phenomenons about the region there is polytheism from the Folk Buddhism and Folk Taoism, the worship of ancestors, nature worship aspects etc.The fourth chapter begins to return to this central theme, specific make an on-the-spot investigation of land worship and belief situation and current situation of the development of history of Hakka villages and towns in Beihai area, from general combing land worship generation, development and evolution, combined with the practical fieldwork materials, carefully elaborated a lot of things around land worship, that is the land of God’s temples and altars, their reality of the situation in the local community, and the customs with sacrifice the Land God in daily or New Year.The fifth chapter in the theoretical analysis, with hope for the lead, construction as the means, around the ecological ethics of "harmony between man and nature" for people and nature, the interactive relationships between people and society and the good interpersonal relationships between person and person are discussed, finally demonstrated a fact that the land worship of Hakka villages and towns in Beihai area is still prosperous do not decline.The sixth chapter is the last chapter, also the center of this paper with emphasis, it is a problem research about status for the Land God in folk belief of Beihai area. Firstly, from the biggest sacrifice custom in Hakka township,namely parade by God in Festival New Year to analysis land worship’s forms of expression in folk belief, The move is to tell that Land God is still playing the huge influence this for a fact.Followed, by a prominent land worship influence on human life, namely in the birth process, mainly from the Guading custom in born, place the Land God custom about living hope, sacrifice Land God at graveyard customs about ultimate concern. Once again, through the "definitely ranked division" on the shrine in the Hakka dwellings, shows noble position which land worship is supported popularly by people, and through the wedding customs to performance, highlights the land worship’s characteristics that is closed to people and living.Finally is the theoretical sublimation part of the key content of academia, differentiate the view which has been have one-sided points on the Land God’s humble position, to elucidate a truth that is the Land God is in front of Chinese folk belief and order.