| “Lian Huo” is a folk activity in the area of Panan,which is also known as“running alchemy”.As a folk custom held at a particular place at a specific time,“Lian Huo” has existed for nearly a thousand years,and has a great influence on the local village.From the perspective of cultural ritual,this paper discusses the witchcraft belief and the essence of fire belief,man and God in “fire smelting”,studies their role in the dissemination of “Lian Huo”,and analyses how “Lian Huo” has developed in the long river of history,and how to affect the spiritual world of the people in Panan County.In the final analysis,the formation of “Lian Huo” is the product of people in social practice.People are the subject of “Lian Huo”,and the belief,myth and ritual in “Lian Huo” is the content and form of communication.The spread of “Lian Huo” culture is related to human beings,and the effect of “Lian Huo” communication will eventually fall on people.So it plays an important role in the “Lian Huo” ceremony of the local villager’s group solidarity and individual to study,“Lian Huo” is a study of the local culture is a vision to explore rural spiritual civilization and the peasants’ individual spirit of maintenance,has important significance on the study of culture Chinese the rural area. |