The Research On The Exorcise Of House In The Song And Yuan Dynasties

Exorcise evil spirits means people take all kinds of ways for prevent ourselves from evil spirits. In the primitive society,people didn’t have the correct understanding of all things in nature. So, human blamed the weird and confused problem for ghosts and evil spirits. And the idea of ghosts and gods was gradually formed. For the safe,people took a variety of measures to resist evil spirits. Exorcise evil spirits culture as one part of Chinese traditional culture, it happened in Qin Dynasty at latest.And it had been documented in The Book of Rites.Phenomena of exorcise evil spirits are widely exists in people’s daily life. For example, hanging Taofu, posting goalkeeper, putting Shigandang and so on. In the all of phenomena, protecting home and house against evil spirits is the most important thing. This is because, house is the most direct space for people. It not only can shelter,protect people from wild animals, but also given them more psychologically safety.There are many methods to protect house from evil things and these methods are affected by holidays, customs and religions. Song and Yuan Dynasties are special periods in Chinese history, so this thesis focus on this period.The first chapter introduces the social background of the exorcise of house in Song and Yuan Dynasties: Politics was stable. Social structure was restructured, and popularization, secularization were obvious. The forces of productivity and the commodity economy had a great process. Besides, advanced science and technology,especially with the spread of woodblock printing technology widely used. The city began to flourish, the public culture rose gradually. In this period, exorcise evil spirits changed on the basis of traditions.The second chapter depends on holidays to arrange the phenomena of exorcise of house. As the most important festival, the phenomena of exorcise in New Year’s Eve and Spring Festival are richest. Besides, the Dragon Boat Festival has the most poisonous gas in a year, so, this day’s exorcised customs can’t be ignored. It includes Taoyin and Aicao.The last chapter discuss the usual talismans-Tongjing and Shigandang. These talismans is popular before Song and Yuan Dynasties. Tongjing can help people see the ghost. Shigandang started with the worship of Lingshi, after Song and Yuan Dynasties, it combined with Taishan belief.