民间信仰与当代社会的关系之探略——关于广东中山民间信仰的田野调查之思考

An Approach to the Folk Belief and Current Social Relationship in Guangdong

近30年来,随着中国社会经济政治及文化生活的急剧变化,民间信仰的复兴日益成为学界关注的"变化"之一。广东中山民间信仰的复兴既有历史原因,又有现实需要,同时也与当代社会关系密切。民间信仰复兴的背后说明,信仰和宗教作为意义的根源在现代社会仍有巨大的生存空间,因此人们还需正确看待与有效发挥民间信仰的社会功能。

This paper is written based on a fieldwork of researching folk beliefs in Zhongshan city.First,the paper narrates the current situation of folk beliefs,and then makes an inquiry into the causes of folk beliefs revival from both the historical origin and the realistic need.And finally,he ponders deeply over the relationship between folk beliefs and contemporary society.Noticeably,behind the revival of folk beliefs,faith and religion still have a huge space for their existence as ideological sources in our contemporary society.So,people should correctly treat with and effectively utilize the social function of folk beliefs.