A Study On The Historical Changes Of Fengdu Temple Fair

At the latest from the Ming Dynasty,the city of Chongqing Fengdu is known as the "ghost town",The Pingdu mountain has a large number of temples to worship ghosts and gods,every year there are many pilgrims to worship here,Fengdu Temple Fair have became a local folk tourism Features.November 2014 "Fengdu Temple Fair" was officially included in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects.It's a rare domestic temple fair,whose worship objects are ghosts,its especial belief and cultural connotation make it unique in Chinese Temple Fair Culture.Mr.Shisong Chen's thesis,Fengdu Temple Fair Source Research Wrote," Fengdu Temple Fair originated in the Tang and Song Dynasties,formed in the late Ming Dynasty,flourished in the Qing Dynasty." He did not do a full study of the changes of Fengdu Temple Fair.The concept Fengdu Temple Fair in this article,refers to the folk culture activities which are held in the temples in Fengdu,They contains worship,business and entertainment.This article mainly from the perspective of history straighten out the historical development of Fengdu Temple Fair,the paper mainly has sixe parts:This part is the introduction,briefly explains the source of Fengdu Temple Fair and the significance of the topic,briefly describes the Fengdu culture's related research,this thesis mainly from the historical perspective to research.The first chapter is the living space of Fengdu Temple Fair,this article's "Fengdu temple fair" refers to the temple fair of Fengdu county and Pingdu mountain.Fengdu temple will rely on Pingdu mountain and Fengdu "ghost town",we shoud firstly understand the evolution of religious beliefs of Pingdu mountain.Geographical environments and cultures of Fengdu county and the Three Gorges region have a significant impact on Fengdu Temple Fair.The second chapter is the trace of Fengdu temple fair,divided into two parts: First,to explore If there is Fengdu Temple Fair before the Ming Dynasty,Pingdu mountain has always been a famous Taoist mountains,it is equipped with the conditions of the temple fair.The second chapter is the Qing Dynasty Fengdu temple,the Qing Dynasty historical materials clearly recorded the Tianziniangniang Temple Fair.This chapter analyzes the distribution of temporal and spatial,content and influence range of Fengdu Temple Fair in Qing Dynasty.The third part is the historical study of Fengdu Temple Fair,which is the main chapter of this article,including three aspects: First,Fengdu Temple Fair situation in the literature of the Qing Dynasty,the Qing Dynasty ‘s Fengdu Temple Fair has matured,in the content,not only had ceremonys of sacrifice to gods,also appeared a series of entertainment activities.Second,in the period of the Republic of China,Fengdu Temple Fair has obvious characteristics of the times;The third part is a summary of historical changes.The fourth chapter mainly analyzes the fundamental motive force of Fengdu temple change.Fengdu Temple Fair can attract pil about the country from the country,the fundamental reason is the faith of Fengdu culture,this change of faith has two characteristics ? First,the spread of fengdu culture;Second,Chongqing Fengdu are widely considered to be ghost town.In addition,this chapter also analyzes the influence of Fengdu ghost culture on the surrounding areas.The fifth chapter mainly wrote the position of Fengdu temple fair?I analyze the subject from two perspectives.Firstly,from the perspective of history,palace which is used to worship the ghost has been very little in modern society,Pingdu mountain has the largest and most comprehensive religious buildings which embodies the culture of hell.Secondly,there is a variety of temple fair in the modern society,they mainly sacrifice the gods,but Fengdu Temple Fair mainly embodies the worship of Yan Luo God,which is very rare.Finally,this charter compared to the Hao Li Mountain temple fair and Fengdu Temple Fair.