A Study Of Witchcraft Rituals In Folk Of Shilong Bai Nationality

As a kind of social and cultural phenomenon involving a wide range of people,witchcraft plays an important role in the history of human civilization,whether it is a set of witchcraft or witchcraft of the ritual,are to some extent the interpretation of witchcraft and people's daily life in close contact.The Bai people believe in witchcraft,the tradition of the devil has a long history,today,in the folk life of the Bai people also spread a lot of folk activities with witchcraft nature.shilong village because of its unique geographical location,the traditional witchcraft culture preservation is complete,whether the acts of witchcraft ritual groups of people in folk life or personal are for us to paint a vivid,vivid picture of witchcraft.However,shilong village witchcraft culture has also experienced a series of evolution and development,especially with the progress of modern science and technology and religious pluralism,witchcraft or into religious ceremonies,or to the form of folk beliefs survive in the lives of the people.but whatever the witchcraft lives in any form of secular life,we can glimpse some of the substantive aspects of the original witchcraft culture from the existing witchcraft or witchcraft connotation.Witchcraft is not a false technology,on the other hand,it has strong practicality and held sacred magic ceremony also has a secular utilitarian,people hope to see incense,held a ceremony with all the soul,ask the witchcraft and soul in weddings and funerals to alleviate the suffering and meet some secular the desire of people.therefore,the author through the following aspects of the content to be discussed,that is,first from the shilong village in the witchcraft ceremony category as a starting point to explore the witchcraft ceremony held to the impact of people's lives and sacred ritual people to be conveyed by the desire,combine with shilong villages on witchcraft awareness and views,form the side reflects the witchcraft in the local people's folk life in the role played by the end of the relevant folk cultural content of shilong village witchcraft rituals to make a holistic,more comprehensive summary and analysis,so as to different angles to the folk life of shilong villagers witchcraft ceremony with a new look to show to people.Through this essay writing,the author hopes to reflect the shilong village witchcraft and people's folk life between the close relationship and the implement of witchcraft to people's production and life brought about by the significant impact,rather than a single people were crown to "superstition"of the allegations.At the same time,I also hope that with the real field of information collection,shilong village in the witchcraft and its ritual procedures have a more complete record and finishing for the relevant researchers reference,in short,witchcraft as a folk an important part of faith,it still has great research value.