民间信仰的社会服务功能——以靖江宝卷中儒释道三教为例

On Social Service Function of Folk Beliefs——Confucianism,Buddhism,Daoism in Jingjiang Baojuan

现今江苏靖江地区流行的做会讲经是一种带有宗教性的民间口头说唱活动,是当地民众的精神寄托、生活的调节剂。靖江宝卷中的儒、释、道三教是杂糅在一起的,而且通常与三教之外的民间信仰混杂在一起。三教在佛头这类下层文人中难以形成系统的思想体系,原因是佛头们不能从思想上厘清三教的关系。佛头凭借人们对神仙与菩萨的敬畏,达到推广民间艺术的目的,因此它必定具有复杂性、矛盾性的特点。

Nowadays,the popular preaching activities are a kind of folk verbal rap in Jingjiang district,Jiangsu province. It is the spiritual and life adjustment activities of the local people. The Confucianism,Buddhism,Daoism in the Jingjiang Baojuan are mixed together,sometimes they are mixed with other folk beliefs. As the underlying literati,the Buddha heads can＇t clarify the relations of these three,so they can＇t form a system of thoughts. Relying on the fear of the people to the fairy and bodhisattvas,the Buddha heads achieve the target of promoting the folk arts. In a word,these activities have the characteristics of complexity and contradiction.