Study On The Wizards In Tang Dynasty

During the primitive period of society,the wizards already existed.The wizards are involved in the creation of many early Chinese civilizations.With the development of the times,people's level of practice has increased,and the status of wizards has continued to decline.The Tang Dynasty was an important period for the development of ancient Chinese society.In the novels and poems of the Tang Dynasty,there were often the appearance of wizards.It can be seen that the influence of wizards in people's lives in the Tang Dynasty.In the Tang dynasty,the wizards implements sorcery.There must be a certain place,a proper tool and a ceremony formed by a set of actions.The selection of venues was flexible and can be in public places,at home of a wizard,at the patient's home,and at certain places.The choice of tools also depended on the circumstances in which wizards implements sorcery.There were musical instruments,offensive apparatus,paper money,script books,as well as common things such as fragrant,alcoholic drinks and so on.The rituals can increase the sacredness of sorcery.The two most important ceremonies performed by the wizards were dance and incantations.Sorcery was usually considered to be a folk belief,but in fact,in the upper society of the Tang Dynasty,there are many people who believed in sorcery.As the implementer of wizard,the scope of interaction was very broad,including the emperor,the concubine,the dignitaries and the lower class.Some famous folk wizards were known to the upper class or even the emperor through some opportunities to achieve a leap in their activities.The local ancestral temples were roughly divided into three categories: the national memorials,which expressly record the temples to be sacrificed,the shrines supported by the local government,and evil deities.The national sacrifice takes the Huayue Temple as an example.The wizards in the temple have the role of guiding people to worship and rely on the power of the Jintian to save the people.The ancestral temples supported by the local government,for example the Dunv,the wizards were responsible for the sacrificial offerings.The wizards and temples depended on each other in the evil deities and they used the people's fear of the devil's mentality to make a fortune.