Research On The Inheritance Of The Folk Belief Of Li Empress In Shanxi Yicheng

The Hyo set Empress Dowager Li is Ming Dynasty Empress Dowager, In therecords of the "Ming Dynasty", she was born in Beijing Huoxian. But in ShanxiYicheng, local people has been circulating many of legends and stories about Liempress, and formed the unique local characteristics of the folk belief of Li empress.The folk belief of Li empress in Shanxi Yicheng has a long history, Since the Mingdynasty Chongzhen years developing up to now, it has a history of hundreds of years.The folk belief of Li empress is a kind of local folk culture, so to speak, is also a realfolk life of ordinary people. It reflects the attitudes and values of local people, butalso a map of the mind world about local people.In this paper, I use the theories and methods of folklore and anthropology. Thepaper is written by surveying in the field and consulting some literatures. In the paper,I interpret the folk belief in Yicheng, Shanxi. By reading the paper, we can try tounderstand its rich culture and to know people’s daily life.This article is divided into the beginning, body and conclusion three parts,.Thebody includes five chapters. The beginning part introduces the purpose andsignificance of the topic in this paper, the status of research projects, the sources ofinformation, the research methods, the theoretical innovations and shortcomings.The first chapter is about the occurrence and construction of the folk belief of Liempress. It introduces the survival environment of folk belief in Yicheng and thedevelopment of the folk belief of Li empress in Yicheng. Meanwhile, in order tounderstand folk belief of Yicheng in Shanxi better, the author compares the folk beliefof Li empress in Shanxi Yicheng with other places.The second chapter introduces the folk belief process of inheritance in Yicheng.This chapter shows evolution process of the entire heritage, since its establishment atthe beginning of the folk belief. And its process is divided into four stages.The third chapter is about the dynamics and reasons of the inheritance of the folkbelief in Yicheng. The folk belief of Li empress can inherit up to now, is the result ofthe comprehensive work all aspects of factors, the article points out that the localpeople’s soul idea, the demand of people express history and the folk belief of Li empress stabilizing effect on the local social are its reasons, and the article analyzesthe folk belief of Li empress to passing on to today.The fourth chapter introduces the folk belief of Yicheng in Shanxi and theinheritance mechanism. This chapter shows the main forms and using shapes of folkembroidery of Yicheng in Shanxi from the daily life and the etiquette of life, modernmedia is another means of the folk belief inheritance.Epilogue is the third part of the article, in this part, the author points out that theresearch of the folk belief of Li empress, is to place it in People’s Daily life, and thepurpose of the article research is the study of the people who inherit the folk belief ofLi empress in Shanxi Yicheng.