精卫功能异变及信仰的区域限制分析

Analysis of the Change of Jingwei's Function and Belief s Regional Restriction

精卫填海故事源于发鸠山一带的水患。由于气候变化,宋以后,精卫异变成为当地的雨神。由于布雨功能的灵验,精卫信仰被保存了下来。不过,作为雨神的精卫并不能在众多的雨神中占据优势,而士人又不关注其雨神功能。这最终使得其填海故事广为流传而雨神信仰仅停留在了发鸠山周边,未能脱离区域限制而进一步发展。

The story of Jingwei＇s filling up the sea derived from flood around Fajiu Mountain. Jingwei became a local Rain God from Song to Qing Dynasty because of the drying climate. The belief in Jingwei was preserved because she was efficacious. However, she, as a Rain God, couldn＇t prevail among many Rain Gods. In addition, the scholars didn＇t pay close attention to her function as a Rain God. As a result, her story of filling up the sea spread widely but the belief in a Rain God only stayed around Fajiu Mountain which failed to break away from regional restriction and develop more broadly.