当代湖南地区民间信仰调查报告——以南岳民间信仰考察为例

Investigation Report of Folk Beliefs in Hunan Province——A Case Study of of Nanyue Folk Beliefs

南岳民间信仰以圣帝祝融信仰为代表,是一种集祖先崇拜与文化英雄崇拜于一体的民间信仰。南岳民间信仰是湖南地区具有地域特色的重要民俗事项,当代南岳民间信仰的生存环境发生了重大变化,变迁是其必然趋势。具体表现在信仰对象趋向复杂化,信仰方式趋向多样化,信仰群体趋向扩大化、松散化。当代南岳民间信仰的生存策略:采用"双名制",依附法定宗教,以寻求政府认可;利用宗教文化搭台、旅游经济唱戏,实现大小传统的契合;利用以乡村干部、宗教人士、富人为代表的乡土权威的影响力,使民众重拾延续了几千年的信仰,营造了自己的精神家园。

Nanyue folk beliefs represented by Shengdi Zhurong faith are folk religions of the collection which integrate ancestor worship and culture hero worship . Nanyue folk beliefs are important folk customs of Hunan area ,with the regional characteristic . Contemporary Nanyue folk beliefs of significant changes have taken place in the environment and change is the inevitable trend .They are embodied in the faith object , which tends to complicate . Ways of faith turn towards diversified , faith groups tend to spread and loosen . Contemporary survival strategies of Nanyue folk beliefs are ：the “dual system” ,which depends on the legal religion , to seek government approval ; use of religious culture plays and act in an opera in tourist economy ,realizing the traditional culture conjunction in the official and the folk ; using the influence of the local authority which is represented by rural cadres , religious people ,the rich ,the people regain the faith which lasted for thousands of years ,building their own spiritual home .