祁村宫的宗教文化和仝姓宗族迁移

Religious Culture of Qicun Palace and Clan Migration of Tong Family

祁村宫为明代民间宗教的法堂,所宗李金祖的“圆顿正教”,与“圆顿教”为一类,属于明代魏希林的圆顿教一系。魏希林受李金祖的影响,把这一支系的圆顿教发扬光大。其教义比较保守而循规蹈矩,不参与现实政治。祁村宫的民间信仰有泛神化的特征,主要意在追求日常修行劝善的需要,体现出一种世俗化和现世情怀,是人们善良心愿的精神寄托。宫内的五副对联,表现了佛道教义的综合性意涵。祁村宫原貌的建筑群,既是供奉李金祖的法堂,又是迁移故土的乡民安放宗祖的神庙。建造它的用意就是借助民间宗教方式,凝聚氏族的声望和影响力。

Qicun Palace used to be a lecture hall for the folk religion in the Ming Dynasty.Li Jinzu’s Yuandun Orthodoxy Sect and Yuandun Sect belonged to the same category of Wei Xilin’s Yuandun Sect in the Ming Dynasty.Led by Wei Xilin,who was influenced by Li Jinzu,Yuandun Orthodoxy Sect became thriving,the doctrine was conservative and rigorous and did not get involved in the politics.The folk belief of Qicun Palace had the characteristics of pan-deification mainly in the pursuit of daily practice and persuasion of goodness,embodied a secularization and worldly feeling,and was people’s spiritual support for kind-hearted wishes.The five couplets in the palace showed the comprehensive connotation of Buddhism and Taoism.The original architectural complex of Qicun Palace was not only the temple,dedicated to Li Jinzu,but also the temple where the villagers placed memorial tablets of their ancestors,who had moved out of their homeland.The purpose of building this palace is to boost the clan’s reputation and influence by making use of the folk religion.