A Study Of Religious Rites In Gubba

Gubba is from Arabia, the original intention is a round arched buildings or circular tomb pavilion. First it was a Arabia architectural style Onion Domes houses and now it has become known as the Islamic Sufi Menhuan sages Tomb. Usually in the northwest of China, the Gubba is also other kind of architectural style, traditional Muslim will built hexangular or eight-square circular building on Menhuan sages Tomb, locally called gold dome.the building is the Gubba. Generally speaking, there are usually many visits to Gubba to visit the sages of the past, especially in the anniversary of Menhuan sages, many visitors will come and the scene is very grand. From the perspective of anthropology, this paper makes a deep discussion on the religious rites in the process of visiting Gubba. The research site was chosen as Gubba village in Linxia City of China. Through interviews with Muslims in Gubba and Participant Observation in the ceremony, and then detailed description of the ceremony process and try to put forward some theoretical explanations.In Muslim mind, Gubba, not only is the burial place of sages and its successors, Muslim honor sages, religious ceremony, and pray for the spiritual home of peace and peace, along with the development of Islam menhuan and Gubba and become the hub of inheritance religion of Islam menhuan and coordinate; And, more importantly, it is god's divine media Muslim close and know. So muslims by the opposite house and Gubba religious awareness and deep feelings, long-term accumulation down Gubba centered as the link of the religious values, become the important factor of musiims have relative cohesion and centripetal force, the spirit world and also the connection of the material world.