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The Study Of The Change Of Folk Beliefs In Guangdong Pai-yao

Posted on:2009-02-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y PanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360248456364Subject:Religious Studies
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Any nation have had religious beliefs in history. Some of the nation and even the entire nation believe in a religion. Their religion belief with a distinctive national character and have a tremendous impact in national in the social life. Religion is an important part in Pai yao traditional culture. Religion as outlook on the world and life that infiltrate all leveals of Pai-yao culture. It also have important implications on the accumulation and formation of Yao nationality. The special social historical development process of Pai-yao have them still live in slash and burn until the modern economic life. The level of productivity is very low, so the various types and ideology of primitive religion are retained.Pai-yao's religion is the illusory reflect that they have experienced the outside outside in their minds. Multidisciplinary research data shows that the cultural accumulation and formation has important implications. Pai-yao as one of Yao nationality who has experienced long primitive society. Compatible with Pai-yao's social patterns, the religion of Pai-yao retains many original relijions element. The religion of Yao nationality has a history process and it left constantly. It integrate with Chinese traditional religion and constitute their entire religious system..Dong-mang town of San-pai village is my paper's stady case,basing on the theories of religious knowledge and combined with filed research, that is directly involced in the obsearvation and interviews. Analyzing the religion'development situation and it's reasons for the changes of Yao nationality in Dong-mang village since 1949, especially since the period of reform and opening up.
Keywords/Search Tags:Guangdong, Pai-yao, Folk Beliefs, Changes
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