泰山香社传统进香仪式研究

A Study of the Incense-offering Ritual by Tai-Mount Incense Society

香社是民众由于信仰志趣相同而自发结成的民间信仰组织。民众在泰山进香的仪式是一种有别于一般性朝山进香仪式的泰山类型,可分为集体进香仪式、个人祈愿仪式、日常祭拜仪式三类。从空间上来看,前往泰山进香的香客涉及华东、华北、东北等广阔的地域,有着不同区域文化背景的香客以各自熟悉的形式到同一个信仰空间(泰山)展演着自己的仪式。从时间上来看,泰山香社已有上千年的历史,其进香仪式形成了特有的一套规矩。对泰山香社仪式类型的民俗志描述,可以为仪式研究提供一种参照。

Incense Society is a non-government religious society by the people sharing the same religious belief. The incense-offering ritual by Tai-Mount Incense Society, different from other ordinary incense-offering ceremonies at the worshipped mountains, fails into three types, that is, the coUective, the individual and the regular. Spatially speaking, the worshippers are from east China, north China and northeast China. They have different cultural backgrounds and demonstrate their own familiar religious beliefs at Tai - Mount. Historically speaking, Tai-Mount Incense Society has a history of over one thousand years and has its own set of rules. Thus, an ethnological study of this ritual will have much value for a study of ritual practice.