Exploring Mazu Worship at Fujian Assembly Hall in Hoi An,Vietnam

Hoi An Ancient Town in Vietnam is not only a UNESCO(United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization)World Heritage Site but also a convergence point of traditional and modern cultures.Throughout its historical transitions,the cultural heritage of Hoi An Ancient Town has been well preserved and developed,and the worship of Mazu,an essential component of Hoi An’s culture,is no exception.As far as is known,Hoi An in central Vietnam houses the most Mazu temples,including the Chung Wah Hall,the Guangzhou Assembly Hall,the Fujian Assembly Hall,the Teochew Assembly Hall,and the Hainan Assembly Hall,among others,with the Fujian Assembly Hall being the most vibrant center of Mazu worship.This study employs field surveys and literature research to explore the Mazu worship practices at the Fujian Assembly Hall in Hoi An,Quang Nam Province,Vietnam.

The Cult of Mazu in Hainan,China and Among Vietnamese Hainanese Diaspora:A Comparative Study of Mazu Culture

The cult of Mazu is a common folk belief in China and Vietnam.Originating from the Song and Yuan Dynasties,particularly during the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the cult of Mazu spread to Vietnam through maritime trade and migration from coastal regions of China.After centuries of integration and development,it evolved into its own cultural system of Mazu worship,becoming an important component of Vietnamese folk culture.Hainan,China,as a crucial supply station on the Maritime Silk Road,has close connections with the transmission of Mazu culture to Vietnam.This paper adopts field investigations and literature research methods to explore the Mazu worship and culture in Hainan,China,and the Qiongfu Assembly Halls in Vietnam.

The White Stone Worship of Qiang People

The White Stone worship is an inseparable cultural part among Qiang People in the history and their daily lives.It has relationship with the God,with Qiang people's fondness of the white color,with the fire-making,with the function of white stones as the tool and weapon for survival,and with the worship for Snow Mountain.The White Stone is the oblation in Qiang Families,the architecture-Blockhouse relating to the white stone is famous worldwide.The essay also discusses the links between the white stone worship with Qiang people in the past and in the future,

The White Stone Worship of Qiang People

The White Stone worship is an inseparable cultural part among Qiang People in the history and their daily lives. It has relationship with the God, with Qiang people' s fondness of the white color, with the fire-making, with the function of white stones as the tool and weapon for survival, and with the worship for Snow Mountain. The White Stone is the oblation in Qiang Families, the architecture-Blockhouse relating to the white stone is famous worldwide. The essay also discusses the links between the white stone worship with Qiang people in the past and in the future.

The Application to Evaluate Worship Location Based on Geospatial Analysis: Case of Indonesia

The application of geospatial analysis is a need to respond to the increasing number of social conflicts caused by the existence of public places of worships (PPW) in Indonesia. This conflict eventually becomes endemic among Indonesian cross-cultural society. Even though the government has produced a regulation-like policy namely SKB 2006 to manage the establishment of PPW, its contribution to avoiding or reducing the conflicts is in question. Researchers notice that the policy is misused in some incidents to even trigger the conflict. It is due to the presence of people participation defined in SKB 2006 particularly to determine the legalization of PPW. Currently there is no exact foundation used by the government to precisely measure the status of PPW, hence the decision to permit or reject any proposal to establish PPW is determined by the acceptance of surrounding society which in many occasions becomes the cause of the conflict. Therefore the government needs to regain control over the existence of PPW since these types of buildings are public facilities used by people in cross-cultural society. The research is to provide accurate information regarding the existence of PPW and the impact of their presence using geospatial analysis. The objective is to analyze the interaction between PPW and its surrounding objects. The analysis is based on PPW coverage, overlapping and blank spot area. A case study has been conducted to analyze the existence of PPW at Cemorokandang village, a part of Malang city in the province of East Java. The application highlights the issue of overwhelming PPW in the location of analysis.

Characterization of Acoustical Worship Heritage in Schmerzhaften Mutter Gottes, Vilgertshofen-Germany

The dynamics between sound decay and soundscape determines the acoustical worship heritage in a worship space that needs to be conserved along interventions in time.The soundscape of Schmerzhaften Mutter Gottes,Vilgertshofen was measured by derived Acoustical Worship Parameters:Sacred Awe(SAWE),Sacred Intelligibility(SINT),and Sacred Silence(SSIL)for“TOCCATA”of Johann Sebastian Bach rendered on the pipe organ.The sound energy decay in the church,conducted from two sources:choir loft and altar,generated acoustical monaural measures(RT60,EDT,D50,C80,TS,STI,Leq)in accordance with ISO-3382.The Reverberation Time(RT60)spectral analysis and Loudness(Leq)positional analysis showed the church to be more reverberant for the impulse from the altar location on the sanctuary floor and optimally loud for the impulse from the pipe-organ location on the choir-loft.SAWE,SINT and SSIL significantly related with subjective acoustical quality of Balance(SAQBAL)and Loudness(Leq)(p≤0.05).SAQBAL showed positive correlation with rapid speech transmission index(RASTI)(p=0.18).

Artistic Characteristics of Zhijiao Three-religion-hall Architecture

Three religions combined worship was an important spiritual belief in ancient China,which has become a common practice in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Three religions combined worship refers to offering sacrifices to the ancestors of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism in the same temple,and such temples are called three-religion-hall.Zhijiao Three-religion-hall was built in the 15^(th) year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.After many repairs and expansion,it finally became today’s pattern.Based on the culture of three religions combined worship,taking Zhijiao Three-religion-hall as research object,location,spatial characteristics and architectural decoration of Zhijiao Three-religion-hall are analyzed,and architectural art value of Zhijiao Three-religion-hall is expounded.

Social Promotion Mechanism under the Dai People’s Traditional Worship of“Dragon Forest”

“Dragon Forest”culture has a long history,and it is the oldest and most primitive traditional culture of the Dai Nationality.As the holy forest of the Dai Nationality,“Dragon Forest”is the resting place for the souls of the“Meng God(tribal ancestor)”and“Zhai God(clan ancestor)”of the Dai people.Dai people not only respect and worship“Dragon Forest”,but also set up a temple in“Dragon Forest”and hold sacrificial activities regularly,to pray for health and happiness from their ancestors.“Dragon Forest”is the combination of multiple factors,and has been continuously protected by worship and taboo for thousands of years.It combines closely the natural system,belief system and social culture system,becomes a place that supports people’s ideas,values and spirits,and solidifi es into a structural force in the social structure,which plays a certain role in promoting the social mechanism of local village community.

Freedom of Worship: Interpreting Joshua 24:1-28 in African-Igbo Traditional Religious Context

The news media are often replete with sad stories of religious intolerance,with some gory pictures of the victims thereof.In Joshua 24:1-28,the Israelites were asked by Joshua to choose whom they would like to serve.It smacks of religious freedom.Using the text as a theological fulcrum,this study emphasises the fundamental human right of freedom of worship in the context of the religious freedom embedded African-Igbo religious tradition.Given the diverse religious views in the world,it is dialogue and mutual respect which would make religious peace possible.Bad religious leaders and teachers mislead their adherents to do violent and bloody proselytization.But people should not be held under duress to accept a particular religious idea or to adhere to a particular group of worshippers,sometimes with only one alternative,that is death!Indeed,every religion should recommend itself by the amount of love and peace it engenders in the world.

An Analysis of Africans’ Blind Worship Towards European Culture in V. S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River

As an important early work of Nobel laureate Naipaul and a model of postcolonial works,A Bend in the River has been studied for decades.It is not hard to find Africans’blind worship towards European culture after reading this book.This paper aims to explore the manifestations of Africans’blind worship towards European culture in the novel by a close reading and acts as a wake-up call for almost every nations existing in the age of globalization to firm their own national cultural stand and enhance cultural confidence so as to remain invincible in the unprecedented changes.

The Study of the Language Functions in the Benzhu Worship of the Bai Ethnic Groups in Dali,Yunnan

The Benzhu worship is a traditional folk activity of the Bai ethnic group in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Prov?ince, which has long history with colourful culture. When the sacred ceremonies are held, Bai villagers always get together to celebrate. In the Benzhu worship, language plays significant functions, including the performative function, recreational function, emotive function and interpersonal function.

宋代民间信仰探微——以岁时节令习俗为中心

节日民俗作为一种综合性的文化现象,为节日增添娱乐色彩,丰富人们精神生活的同时,将民间信仰注入其中,并通过一定的仪式呈现和反映。传统节日延续至宋趋于定型。重阳、端午和元旦,避灾驱邪和避瘟除病是其重要主题;元日、立春和晦日的祈富和送穷活动,充满对美好生活的向往;七夕、社日乞巧乞聪明则传达了男女对自身角色的认同和对未来生活的祈盼。

商周时期图腾崇拜文化变迁与鸟禽类意象群的演化

商周时期的诗人们将远古时代神鸟图腾物中的祖先神之象、物候之象、司马之象、礼仪之象、凶猛之象、阳刚之象、慈祥之象、怪鸟之象、益鸟之象等意象原型,逐渐转换成为现实社会生活中的婚恋之象、贤者之象、政治生态环境之象、社会生活现象之象;同时,他们以“鸒”自由求食之象来象征太子宜臼被废嫡而失位,以捕“雉”之象来象征小人得志而君子罹祸。这些鸟禽类意象以图腾崇拜为前提,原始象征意义变得隐蔽,习惯性联想形式成为显性因素,从而显示出由图腾对象到占卜形式,再到民俗物候乃至审美意义动态变化的发展链条。由于鸟禽意象中融入了作者对自然观察的感受,展现了人们的日常生活场景与政治生态环境,使原始兴象所体现的习惯性联想与象征之间具有更多的相似点。诗人们以此来建立意义与兴象之间的多种关联,自然表现出多种象征意蕴,让读者产生一种感官愉悦之美、心灵愉悦之美与时空意识之美。

“朱圉山”“崦嵫山”得名与秦人西迁考论

清华简《系年》谓周成王“西迁商盖之民于邾圉”为秦先人,此“邾圉”即“朱圉”,指甘肃天水甘谷西南的朱圉山。“邾”与“朱”相通,朱圉山之“朱”即“邾”,指邾娄。早期邾娄诸族居于东奄之地,战败后有部分西迁至朱圉山一带,“朱圉”意为邾娄聚居之地。神话传说中的崦嵫山应为朱圉山,“崦嵫”意为东奄人聚居之地。“朱圉山”“崦嵫山”两个名称都是东奄邾娄西迁的群体记忆。秦人与东奄诸族的凤鸟崇拜,是伏羲风姓、八卦的体现与变迁。伏羲文化源于秦陇,盛于关中、中原,炎黄之战后随炎帝部族向四方传播,无论部族如何分化、迁徙,伏羲的八卦标志始终可辨。西迁至朱圉山一带的东奄邾娄,在伏羲文化的发祥地苦心经营,最终发展壮大。秦人的迁徙、来源是反映早期华夏民族分化与融合的个案,体现的是中华文明“多元一体”的特征和演进格局。

非遗语境中的文化内涵“深描”:苗族“祭鼓”仪式活动的古经辞语汇释译

语言是文化的重要载体,语言的民族性是文化民族性的重要表现形式,每个民族的传统文化都会通过语言的积淀得到反映。对非物质文化遗产的深度解读,同样离不开从民族语言入手进行“深描”式的科学阐释。关于苗族“鼓藏节”的调查与研究,这是一项以“祭鼓”作为民族关键符号的祭祀祖先神灵活动,同时也是一项非物质文化遗产。在“鼓藏节”的“祭鼓”活动中,其内容通过古经辞的丰富语汇得到呈现,而“祭鼓”仪式活动的古经辞语汇释译,不但是研究这一节日文化“深描”的基础,也是从“指称论”的语言哲学理论视角出发,准确地理解和解读苗族文化真实性的一个重要方法。

兴隆洼文化头盖骨牌饰研究

头盖骨牌饰在兴隆洼文化中出土数量较少,但其往往出土于墓主人贴身的位置,以及所用材质的特殊性,表明头盖骨牌饰与祖先崇拜有着密切关系,是原始宗教活动中不可缺少的器物之一。三件头盖骨牌饰分别代表了人面饰、臂饰、祭祀法器三个系统。祭祀法器随着红山文化的消亡,也渐渐失去其原本的作用而消失。人面饰和臂饰则在文化交流中进入中原地区,并发展为青铜人面像和青铜兽面牌饰。青铜人面像在商周时期进一步影响到四川、陕西等地,使当地出现了一批具有地方特色的人面像;在汉代其作为百戏中的面具和仪式面舆继续流传,并衍生出了丧葬面具这一功能,而这一功能在辽代墓葬中亦有发现。臂饰与人面饰的发展脉络基本一致,商周时期其功能也一直被保留,被用于作为彰显身份地位的礼仪性用具且与宗教祭祀活动有着一定关系;秦汉时期,臂饰发展为臂鞲,更注重实用功能,并得到广泛流传;但是其最初的作用并未消失,至辽代仍可见用于彰显身份地位的礼仪性臂饰。

祠堂记与古代文人祠祀的集体认同

古代文人祠祀是一个值得关注的文化现象,其祠祀动机相较于传统的先贤崇祀更为特殊。士人群体奉祀文人不仅因为他们的文学才能,更出于对文人高尚品格和多舛命途的认可与同情。这些行为和观念在文人祠堂记的书写中得到了充分体现。祠堂记不仅载录和揭示了文人奉祀的来源及意义,还展现了士人群体如何精心塑造和维护文人形象,并在这一过程中形成的特定集体性意识。可以说,文人祠祀承载了古代社会对文人价值的公共认知,而这些认知在相关祠堂记对奉祀对象文人身份的塑造中,得到了具体体现,凝聚了士人群体对“文人”这一社会形象的集体心理与命运共鸣。此外,一些文学批评的共识也在祠堂记书写中得到体现,这不仅展现了士人群体的文学集体观念,而且进一步推动了文人形象的塑造和文人价值的阐释。

啦啦操运动员偶像崇拜与心理疲劳的相关研究

啦啦操作为国际单项联合协会的一员,在第138届国际奥委会全体会议上投票正式认可其国际地位后迎来了发展的高峰。为探讨啦啦操运动员偶像崇拜与心理疲劳之间的关系,本文采用偶像崇拜量表(CAS)与运动员心理疲劳量表(ABQ),对北京、上海、成都、广州、重庆、江苏六地20所高等院校350名大学生啦啦操运动员开展问卷调查。结果发现:①有79.14%的啦啦操运动员存在偶像崇拜,其中95.67%的运动员表示偶像崇拜对其专项存在影响;②偶像崇拜总均分与运动员心理疲劳中成就感降低维度、情绪/体力耗竭维度及运动负评价维度呈显著正相关;③不同心理疲劳程度的运动员在情感投射维度、完全认同维度、病理边缘维度以及偶像崇拜总均分上存在显著差异。偶像崇拜能正向预测啦啦操运动员的心理疲劳,未来可以从偶像崇拜的角度出发,帮助啦啦操运动员有效地训练,从而获得更加优异的成绩。