悦城龙母信仰的历史、现状与民众心态——悦城龙母信仰研究之一

History,Current Status of Yuecheng Dragon Mother Worship and the Populace Mindset--one of the researches into Yuecheng Dragon Mother Worship

悦城龙母信仰在唐代就已十分盛行 ,比南方妈祖信仰历史更为悠久。它经历了宋代和清代两个发展高峰 ,到现代更与观光旅游、休闲娱乐结合在一起 ,获得了新的生命力。龙母信仰中的祭祀活动既遵循着统一的程序 ,又有着一定程度的变异 ,表现了人与神之间的多样关系和现实中人的地位和角色的分化。由于现实生活的发展 ,人们赋予龙母信仰以更多的理性色彩 ,因此应将龙母信仰当作一种俗信来看待。

Yuecheng Dragon Mother Worship was widespread in the Tang Dynasty,and more ancient in history than that of the Southern Goddess of the Sea.It experienced two high peaks of development in the Song and the Qing dynasties.The combination with modern sight-seeing,travelling,relaxation and recreation make it more vigorous.The sacrificial rite of Dragon Mother Worship not only abides by the whole procedures but to a certain degree varies in many ways showing various relations between man and deity,and the diversity of man's roles and status in reality.As a result of the necessity of life,Dragon Mother Worship is coloured with more rationality and thus treated as a convention.