国家正祀与民间信仰——以商汤信仰为例

The State Sacrificial System and Folk Beliefs:A Case Study of the Shang Tang Faith

商汤信仰是晋东南、豫北地区广泛流传的一种民间信仰。本文以商汤信仰为研究对象,结合地方志、碑刻等资料,对商汤信仰的起源与传播、"转正"之路以及国家与民众互动下的商汤信仰作了简要的论述。在商汤信仰的传承过程中,由于国家统治者与基层民众对商汤信仰存在着一定的一致性,商汤信仰才在国家与民众的互动下不断发展。

Shang Tang faith is a folk belief widely spread in the southeast of Shanxi province and the north of Henan. In the paper, the belief of Shang Tang has been regarded as the object of study. Based on the local chroni- cles, stele inscriptions and other existent data, this paper makes a brief introduction to the origin and development of Shang Tang faith, the process of ＂formation＂, and the faith~ interaction with the masses and the government. During the process of the faith~ inheritance, itg the consistence between dominator and the populace that contribu- ted to the increasing development of this belief.