The Research Of The Furnace God Faith

The folk belief has always been the traditional areas of folklore research. In recent years, the research to the more distinctive regional God faith is an important means to deepen the study. Due to the relative concentration of data, it is easier to be done detailed and in-depth, and can be more deepened. In the accumulation of a number of cases, it is also significant to promote the research.of regional social historyThe belief of furnace God was originated in Shang Mountain, Lu Zhong areas, spreaded to the surrounding in Boshan, zichuan, Linzi, Zouping, Huantai, Qingzhou, Linqu. It not only had a long history,but also formed a close ties with local social via legend, temple fairs and other forms. The lord God of the Furnace God faith-LuGu God was originally the the industries God of the metal fabrication industries, and had a direct relationship with the flourish of the local metal fabrication industries. It went into the civil society deeply and evolved into important female Gods of the protagonist with "LuGu" during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since the modern history, legend, belief and temple fairs was closely integrated, and became one of iconic culture in the local, which had a profound impact on local people’s life.Based on this, this article will research the unique furnace God belief in Luzhong areas. The main body consists of five parts. The first part is the introduction, it introduced the writing intention and the contemporary study status. The second part introduced the faith spreading region simply, including geography and history of villages, the village economy, customs, beliefs, etc. The third section described the reconstruction of furnace God belief, including the historical value of legend and belief, the collective memory of the temple, the analysis of why the belief flourished. The fourth part introduced the legend and people’s daily life, including Literature and oral condition of legend, the locally evolution of the legend, the legend and people’s life, the influence of the furnace God belief with the intervention of literati. The fifth section described the concentrated expression of furnace God belief-the temple, including the pilgrims in the temple, clergy and ceremony. The last part is the conclusion for the article.