越南的城隍信仰与乡村城隍事迹文本化过程

The Study on Vietnamese Town-god Worship and Text-based Process of Village Town-god Stories

越南的城隍信仰既有来源自中国的城隍信仰,也有来源自越南的民间信仰,并在越南各地的村庄流行,目的是一方面纪念对村庄有功劳的人,另一方面祈愿得到城隍庇护、扶持以避免灾殃患难。越南的城隍信仰活动的发展过程相连于乡村神事迹文本化的过程。此乡村神事迹文本库藏非常庞大,是非常宝贵的文献遗产,对于历史上越南乡村的历史、传统文化、风俗习惯等多方面的研究有很大的贡献。该文概略介绍了越南的城隍信仰与乡村城隍事迹文本化过程。

This paper briefly introduces the town-god belief in Vietnam and the village town-god text-based process. Vietnamese town-god faith originates both from Chinese Chenghuang (town-god) worship and from Vietnamese folk religion. It is popular in all the villages around Vietnam which purpose is to commemorate the contributors for villagers on one hand and to pray to the town-god for the shelter and support in order to avoid calamities and adversities on the other hand. The development process of the town-god religious activities in Vietnam is linked together with the text-based process of village god deeds.The village god text-based treasury is very large on scale, belonging to a very precious heritage, for history in rural Vietnam history, cultural traditions, customs and documentary heritage and meanwhile, these documents contribute a lot to the research of Vietnamese history, traditional culture as well as the manners and customs.