Study On Cult And Religion Of Shi Gonglao

Gaoding,it is a Dongzhai,located in the culture corridor of dong nationality,where is in the three Provinces slope of XiangQianGui border,inheriting the original ecological life custom of dong nationality.In recent years,thanks to the magnitude of the excavation and protection of traditional Dongzhai growing,high rich national cultural resources and growing potential value of Gaoding,attracting the social from all walks of life to examine and explore different angles.At present,the academic study of Gaoding focus on village construction ecological landscape,heritage protection and tourism development,however,the researches of the folk beliefs,myths,legends,customs,and other important areas get less attention,and these can often be the most truly reflect the local people's spiritual needs,value orientation,aesthetic idea,ideal wishes.As a unique folk belief,Shi Gonglao is the object of Gaoding,from individual worship to room identity eventually evolved into the village folk beliefs,with the local natural geographical environment,history,social relations,the concept of survival,such as cognitive emotion is closely linked.Qingming festival every year,in particular,high set headed by wu miao wu believers to held a grand ceremonies,including preparing items,group meals,formal worship,such as the three links,the whole process full of distinctive local cultural characteristics and the village of dong order;Instead,stone old faith also permeates high village of the People's Daily life,especially in the magical charm of getting water,the transformation and use of thought-provoking.The congregation in the face of the secular trouble depends on the stone and the old can gain spiritual relaxation,and therefore the stone and old promoting to high above the holy status,such as wu miao identified it as the patriarch,wizard,patron saint;And vice versa,stone old operators of water treatment and high quality to meet the high fixed many spiritual pursuit and nearby villages,which have specific power and freedom,is the spirit of cohesion,the spirit of creativity and mental binding.In brief,Shi Gonglao took one kind of energetic body,load bearing Gao Ding people many happy wish and the pursue,both present one kind of reciprocal benefit mutual benefit the harmonious relations,the maintenance until now.The Research using the field investigation of first-hand information,the application of relevant theory and method of ethnology,anthropology,combined with depth experience and knowledge of ritual for Shi Gonglao,to interpret the cult and religion of Shi Gonglao,to analyze the potential of the spirit,let the Shi Gonglao as a kind of mental body traits and its realistic utility to be presented.In the end,the research use Shi Gonglao as the breakthrough point,to gaze the people of Gaoding village unique and mysterious inner world.