关公信仰的历史传统与当代建构——以山西太原关帝庙为中心

Historical Traditions and Contemporary Construction of the Guan Gong Belief——A Case Study of Guan Yu Temples in Taiyuan City

关公信仰是山西标志性地方文化之一,具有深厚的历史传统和多样的活态传承。本文以兼具都市和乡村特质的山西首府太原为中心,通过典籍文献与田野资料的对读互释,分析不同类型关帝庙及其祭祀活动的历史、现状与特征,探讨关公信仰在当代都市的传承与重构。

Guan Gong belief is one of representative local cultures of Shanxi province,and it has deep historical traditions and been inherited in diverse ways.Taking the local culture of Taiyuan city as an example,and through the comparison of literature and field trips,this paper analyzes the history,status quo and characteristics of the different types of Guan Yu Temples and their ceremony activities.The Guan Yu Temple in the center of the city is a symbolic religious space dominated and controlled by official ideology;the Guan Yu Temples in urban villages are transformed mode that integrate market economy into folk beliefs,while,the temple of Tao Xing village is the traditional form of people＇s daily life and belief.These three forms of Guan Di Temple and their religious activities outline the overall characteristics and trends of Guan Gong beliefs in Taiyuan city.