道教与华佗信仰

Taoism and the Worship of Hua Tuo

华佗信仰的成因与道教有关。华佗与道教关系密切,其出生与游学环境均为道教盛行的地区,其本人亦染习方术,是以后世将其神化。经过魏晋南北朝的酝酿和过渡,华佗信仰最终确立于唐宋。其最初为地方信仰,由于民众祛病求福的功利心理以及三国故事深入民心,其后逐渐通过庙宇祭祀、神话传说和节日庆典等形式在明清广泛传播。

The origin of the worship of Hua Tuo was related to Taoism. Hua Tuo was elosely related to Taoism. He was bom and edueated in an area where Taoism prevailed. He himself once practised Taoism necromancy, and was hence deified in later generations. Through fermentation and transition in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the worship of Hua Tuo was finally established in the Tang and Song Dynasty. At the very beginning, it was a local worship. Due to the utilitarian psycholog)’ of getting rid of diseases or asking for good fortune among the populace, and their well acceptance of the Three Kingdoms stories, it was gradually widely spread out in the Ming and Qing Dynast)’ through temple sacrifices, mythologies and legends, and festival celebrations.