试论清代广西庙宇与灾害文化关系

On the Relationship between Temples and Disaster Culture in Guangxi in Qing Dynasty

清代广西自然灾害频发,尤以水、旱、蝗灾为甚,给广西民众的生活带来极其严重的影响;在当时生产力水平落后的条件下,当地百姓普遍希望得到神灵的庇佑,以求减灾祛害,而遍布在各地的庙宇,作为宗教信仰的外化表现,在很大程度上反映了广西人民对神灵的依赖与崇拜。通过地方志中有关庙宇内容的梳理,可以看出清代广西地区庙宇的分布与灾害的发生情况几乎相吻合,庙宇修建的数量多少也与灾害发生的严重程度呈正相关。

Natural disasters occurred frequently in Guangxi during the Qing Dynasty,especially water,drought and locust infestations,which had a serious impact on the people’s lives in Guangxi Province.Under the condition that the productivity level was backward at that time,the local people generally hoped to get the god’s blessing,in order to reduce the disaster and eliminate the harm.Temples all over the place,as the externalization of religious belief,to a large extent reflect the dependence and worship of the gods of Guangxi people.Through combing the temple contents in local chronicles,it can be seen that the distribution of temples in Guangxi area of Qing Dynasty is almost consistent with the occur⁃rence of disasters,and the number of temples built is also positively related to the severity of disasters.