Study On Five-dragon Mary Faith In Yangde Village,Xi County,Shanxi

Five dragon Madonna faith is a relatively old faith in xixian county,yangde village,which mainly exists in the form of activities such as spirit patrol,fete performance and temple fair,Xi county yangde village of the five dragon Mary faith can continue,which has a lot to do with the natural geographical environment and social and cultural environment of xi county.The religion of the five dragons is regional in that the main body of believers is the 14 guanshe villagers centered in yangde village.This paper adopts the method of combining field investigation and literature review.The first chapter analyzes the causes of the belief of the virgin of the five dragons from the perspective of natural geographical environment and social and cultural environment,and tries to trace the source.In the second chapter,the author sorts out the development of the belief of the virgin of the five dragons and the folktales derived from it through the historical documents and the folktales narrated by the folktales.In the third chapter,the author learned about the specific ceremony in the temple fair through participating in the whole process of religious sacrifice,and tried to explore the symbolic meaning of these ceremonies and the folk objects in the ceremony.As the main body of faith activities,the large group of believers and the special role of ma zi are also worthy of attention.The exploration of them can find out the reasons for the continuous inheritance of folk beliefs.The last chapter discusses the relationship between folk belief and rural society.The development of folk belief cannot be separated from rural society.It is worth thinking about how to make the faith of five dragons Madonna develop healthily in rural areas and how to maintain the relationship between the villages participating in the temple fair of five dragons Madonna.In contemporary society,the belief of five dragons’ Madonna is faced with great challenges and opportunities,which requires us to carefully consider the development and protection of folk beliefs.The public,the government and local cultural elites need to keep up with the trend of The Times and the major policies and policies of the country,so that the belief of five dragons’ Madonna and its temple fairs can have a better development.