清代北洋地区漂流民神灵信仰文化初探--以“问情别单”为中心

A Preliminary Study on the Spiritual Belief of the Drifting People in the Beiyang Region of the Qing Dynasty—Focusing on“Farewell to Love Sheets”

神灵信仰是依海而生的民众强大的精神慰藉。漂流民是常见的海上群体之一,他们本是渔民船商,因海难事故变成漂流民。为了保佑出海安全以及工作顺遂,大多数漂流民都选择某些神灵在船上进行祭奉。北洋地区作为当时的重要海域之一,活动着大量的漂流民,从漂流民神灵信仰概况可窥探出北洋地区海神信仰的特征。

The belief in gods is the strong spiritual consolation of the people born on the sea.Drifters are one of the common groups at sea.They were fishermen and boatmen at first and they became drifters because of maritime accidents.In order to bless the safety of going to the sea and work smoothly,most drifters chose some gods to worship on their ships.As one of the important sea areas at that time,Beiyang area had a large number of drifters,and characteristics of seagod worship in the Beiyang region can be observed through the spiritual belief of the drifting people.