闽南女神民间信仰与社会性别文化建构——以妈祖文化崇拜为中心

Folk Belief in Goddess in Southern Fujian and Construction of Social Gender Culture

女神信仰是闽南民间信仰文化体系非常有特色的一部分。以妈祖文化崇拜为中心的闽南女神信仰不仅消解了古代中国社会男女在社会性别地位上的巨大差异,甚至在某种程度上超越男性神灵成为整个闽南社会与文化的心灵寄望。以妈祖文化崇拜为中心的闽南女神民间信仰是男权社会视野下对女性社会角色的期待。研究闽南女神民间信仰对于社会性别文化建构具有重要意义,闽南民间社会主动参与女神信仰消解了传统社会男女不平等的性别观念。

Belief in Goddess is a very unique part of the system of folk belief culture in Southern Fujian.The belief in Goddess like Mazu not only eliminated the great disparity between men and women in ancient China in social gender,but also surpassed the God and became the expectation of the whole society and culture in Southern Fujian.The belief in Goddess with Mazu Culture as the center is the expectation of female social roles in the male-dominant society.It is of great significance to the construction of social gender culture to study the belief in Goddess in Southern Fujian.The active participation in believing in Goddess in Southern Fujian helps to get rid of the unequal bias against women in society.