太湖流域高乡小市镇的信仰空间分析——以19世纪海宁路仲为中心的考察

Analysis of Belief Space of Small Towns in Gaoxiang of Taihu Basin:An Investigation into Haining Luzhong in the 19th Century

文章探讨分析了太湖流域高乡小市镇路仲在19世纪的信仰空间问题。研究发现它结构复杂且处于动态变化中。在路仲的发展中,既保留了对原社庙的虔诚信仰,又发展出市庙。通过主庙——次庙的社庙系统,路仲与周边乡村围绕共同信仰形成了超越"社"更大的地域社会集团。路仲市庙与周边市庙的迎神赛会存在互访关系,反映了小市镇之间共享信仰空间的实质,借此市乡实现了更大地域范围内的深层联系。

This paper discusses the belief space of a small town Luzhong in Gaoxiang of Taihu basin. The findings show that the belief space is complicated and dynamic. In the development of Luzhong,the devout beliefs in the original Shemiao（ temple for offering sacrifices to Land Gods） were preserved and the new town temples were developed. Through the primary temple-secondary temple Shemiao system,Luzhong and its surrounding villages formed a larger regional social group revolving around the common beliefs. Luzhong town temples interacted with surrounding town temples,reflecting the nature of the shared belief space among the small towns,so as to realize the deeper connections within a larger geographical area.