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A Study On Ms. Jin Hua Belief Of Guangdong In Ming And Qing Dynasties

Posted on:2011-03-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J H HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360305962059Subject:Historical philology
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Ms. Jin Hua was one of the important Gods who in charge of female fertility of the folk beliefs in the Pearl River Delta region. This belief originated in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Scholars in the Ming and Qing dynasties based on folk beliefs continue to shape, Ms. Jin Hua's image shifted from the witch to the girl, folk worship space on Ms. Jin Hua experienced the change from public places to private areas and then to the coexistence of public and private areas, the Jinhua Temples were also built by alternating repeated destructed, and the Ms. Jin Hua ultimately changed into the Confucian orthodoxy image of the goddess among the repeated built and destructions. This article will place the Ms. Jin Hua faith in the Pearl River Delta gradually into the dynasty social orthodoxy of the context since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, to explore the interactive kink among the official and gentry and ordinary people beliefs on the Ms. Jin Hua, and finally made the Ms. Jin Hua faith became one of the important Gods as Cantonese culture. Until today, the Ms. Jin Hua faith set off in various places once again, the tenacity of civil society cultural heritage can be seen from here.
Keywords/Search Tags:folk beliefs, Ms. Jin Hua, fertility goddess, local society
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