海盐产区盐神信仰探析

Analysis of the Salt Divinity Belief in Sea Salt Producing Areas

以海盐业为主导产业的沿海地区,在数千年的发展中形成了以海盐文化为基本特征的地方文化,盐神信仰是其重要的组成部分,展现了海盐行业特征与地方文化的生成关系。鉴于海盐业的重要性,在自然和社会的压迫下,盐业群体以传说故事为基础创造了盐宗和盐神,形成了神庙、节会和民俗等信仰形式,表现出了功利性、海洋性、财富性的特征。

The coastal areas with sea salt industry as the leading industry have formed the local culture featuring sea salt culture in the thousands of years of development.The belief of salt-god is an important part of it,showing the generative relationship between the characteristics of sea salt industry and local culture.In view of the importance of the sea salt industry,under the oppression of nature and society,the salt industry groups have created the salt ancestors and salt gods based on legends and stories,forming the forms of belief such as temples,festivals and folk customs,showing the characteristics of utility,ocean and wealth.