日据时期台湾妈祖庙到湄洲祖庙进香考释——以《台湾日日新报》报道为中心

Interpretation of the Pilgrimage from Mazu Temples in Taiwan to the Ancestral Temple in Meizhou during the Japanese Occupation Period——Focused on the Reports of"Taiwan Nichinichi Shinpo"

本文以《台湾日日新报》报道为中心,对日据时期中国台湾妈祖庙前往福建莆田湄洲祖庙进香的原因、周期、路线、进香活动的开展及其影响进行分析。日据时期中国台湾妈祖宫庙前往湄洲祖庙进香,主要原因在于希望获得妈祖的护佑,增强灵力吸引信众,此外进香活动常和商业考察、探亲、旅游结合,其深受清代以来形成的中国台湾信众到内地祖庙进香的传统习俗影响。受路途遥远、交通不便、海路不靖、社会治安混乱及日本殖民政府出行政策限制等因素影响,日据时期中国台湾妈祖庙前往湄洲祖庙进香往往只能间隔若干年举行。中国台湾民众主要经由福州和厦门转往湄洲岛进香。通过开展进香活动,既促进了中国台湾妈祖宫庙香火的兴旺,同时对进香者个人及湄洲祖庙也产生深远影响。

This article,centered on the reports of"Taiwan Nichinichi Shinpo",analyzes the reasons,cycles,routes,development of pilgrimage activities,and their impacts from Mazu temples in Taiwan China to the ancestral temple in Meizhou,Fujian during the Japanese occupation period.The main reason for the pilgrimage from Mazu temples in Taiwan to the ancestral temple in Meizhou during the Japanese occupation period was to seek the protection of Mazu and enhance the spiritual power to attract believers.In addition,pilgrimage activities were often combined with business inspections,family visits,and tourism,deeply influenced by the traditional custom of Taiwan Residents China believers visiting the ancestral temple on the mainland since the Qing Dynasty.Due to factors such as long distance,inconvenient transportation,unsettled sea routes,social unrest,and restrictions on travel policies by the Japanese colonial government,pilgrimages from Mazu temples in Taiwan to the ancestral temple in Meizhou could only be held every few years.Taiwan Residents China people mainly went to Meizhou Island for pilgrimage via Fuzhou and Xiamen.Through the development of pilgrimage activities,not only did it promote the prosperity of incense in Mazu temples in Taiwan,but it also had a profound impact on individual pilgrims and the ancestral temple in Meizhou.