井神信仰奉祀考

Research on the Sacrifice of the Worship of Well God

在古代,井与人们的生活密不可分,甚至成为村落的象征,所以井神受到信奉。井神是中国上古时代所崇奉的神灵之一,井神不仅被列入"五祀",而且在民间也备受推崇。对井神的信仰、奉祀从上古一直延续到当下,由于时代久远加之社会的变迁,祀井的记载不够系统,因此笔者将井神的祭祀放在古代典籍、考古学以及民族学史料中予以考察,梳理出井神祭奉的特点以及文化内涵。

In ancient,well and people's lives were inseparable,and even the well became a symbol of the village,so the well god was believed.Well god is one of the gods worshipped in ancient China.Well god is not only included in the five sacrifices,but also respected in the folk.The belief and sacrifice of well god extended from ancient to the present.Because of time remote and social changes,the records of the sacrificial well god are not systematic enough.Therefore,this article puts the sacrifice of the well god in ancient books,archaeology and the historical materials of ethnology to summary the characteristics and cultural connotations of the sacrifice of the well.