The Han Dynasty Folk Beliefs About Eliminating Farming Disasters

This special period, this article selects the Han to the farming rid evil custom in Han dynasty continuation and development of the social conditions, and all kinds of Han dynasty folk farming rid evil customs and its influence to the Han dynasty society was investigated.First of all, the farming rid evil customs why will get continuation and development in the Han dynasty? Is determined by the social conditions at that time. First, Han is China’s climate change, the temperature from warm to cold, rocky, lead to the Han dynasty all kinds of natural disasters, limited to the low level of productivity, the Han people can only hope that the gods and pray for god’s compassion and asylum. Han dynasty complex and changeable, natural disasters become farming rid evil custom in Han dynasty continuation and development of one of the social conditions. Second, the Han dynasty god wus ethos, to private farming rid disaster activity provide a theoretical basis. On top of the ruling class to the Han dynasty, down to the plebeian inhabitants, everywhere is affected by the sibyl, it just meet peasants’demand eliminate disasters and the Han dynasty.Secondly, all kinds of Han dynasty folk farming rid evil customs is more rich and perfect the pre-q in period, not only include regular folk ritual activities, include disasters occur to rid evil ceremony. The former academic circle is called "often offering", the purpose is to seek sympathy and bless, prevent the occurrence of natural disasters. While the latter is referred to as "very", in disasters occur, as soon as possible in order to eliminate the disaster and sacrificial ceremony, held with obvious superstition composition. Either regularly or irregularly, it belongs to the category of farming rid evil customs, reflected the Han people pray for agriculture, good strong desire for good harvest.Finally, farming rid evil customs to the Han dynasty social influence, to two sides, both positive effect, also has a negative effect. Farming rid evil customs were part of the folk belief, so it has the commonness of folk beliefs. In disasters occur, it is calm and integrate social relations play an active role, but each year a wide variety of ritual activities, caused great waste of social resources, and increase the superstition color of Han dynasty society.