20世纪三四十年代冀中地区蝗神庙探析

Analysis of the Temple of Locust Gods in Jizhong Region in the 1930s and 1940s

蝗神庙是以祭祀虫神为主的庙宇,它主要包括虫王庙、八蜡庙、刘猛将军庙。20世纪三四十年代,冀中地区的蝗神庙繁多,祭祀活动较为普遍,且祭祀方式多样化,这与日军侵华、民族危机加深以及冀中地区灾荒频仍、民间信仰有着密切的联系。中共冀中抗日根据地坚持民族解放与治蝗破除迷信并举的方针,有效抵御了严重的自然灾害,一定程度上缓解了民困,巩固了敌后抗日根据地,为争取抗日战争的最后胜利作出了贡献。

Locust temple mainly offers sacrifices to the gods of insects,it includes the Insects King Temple,Eight Gods Temple,General Liu Meng＇s Temple.In the 30s and 40s of the 20th century,there were various kinds of temples of locust gods in Jizhong Region,the sacrificial activities were comparatively common in many ways.This was closely related with the Japanese invasion to China,the deepening of national crisis,the frequently occurred famine due to crop failures in Jizhong Region and the folk faith.The anti-Japanese base area in Hebei province under the leadership of the Communist Party of China upheld the principle of national liberation and doing away with the locusts superstition simultaneously,effectively protected against severe natural disasters,to some extent eased the hardships and consolidated the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines,thus contributing to the fight for the final victory of the anti-Japanese war.