20世纪上半叶杭县迎神赛会衰落因素浅析

A Tentative Analysis of the Factors Contributing to the Decline of the Idolatrous Procession in Hang County in the First Half of the 20^(th) Century

20世纪20—40年代,浙江省杭县塘栖等地的迎神赛会活动消退乃至中绝,直接的原因是国民政府运用强制措施推行移风易俗的政令,取缔民间信仰行为的政策发生效力;间接的因素在于主持其事的传统乡绅阶层要么转趋没落,要么正在蜕变为新的精英阶层,迎神赛会活动失去了主导者与组织者。更深层的原因在于乡村经济衰退,迎神赛会之类的民间信仰活动失去了赖以发动的经费来源。

The idolatrous procession faded in Hang County in Zhejiang Province in the first half of the 20th century. The direct factor was the policy that banned folk belief and it was put into practice forcibly by the local government. The indirect factor was that the declining gentry class could not support the idolatrous procession. Some of them changed into new political elites and even opposed idolatrous procession. The more important factor was the economic recession in rural area. The idolatrous procession lacked funds and could not be held.