The Changes Of New Year Ritual In The Social Transition Period

The article focuses on contemporary rural society in the yearly sacrifice ceremony in the the many fieldwork obtained a large number of first-hand material basis, select Zichuan District, Zibo City, Shandong Province, Luo villages lying village "Worship Tianyeye" as the ceremony Case village Ethnography, will be analyzed as a relatively self-contained village life and culture as a whole. Provided in the current social context, after the transition from the private space of the house to the public space of the small high-rise community "Worship Tianyeye the ceremony detailed process basis, combined with their history and traditions, analysis as part of the lifestyle of the people in the people’s lives logic and belief belief in spirits ceremony unfolded mode, and tried to reveal the cultural change in the context of contemporary society.Depression Village New Year’s Day "Worship Tianyeye" ceremony, for in fact the entire belief system of the village, because they worship the gods is by no means the Jade Emperor only one, but the Buddha, to Hall mother, When Zhuang temple, four gods and gods on the road all the gods, I am afraid this is no time in the day-to-day life with the villagers worship you for gods. The villagers manage or participate in the help of the ceremony, temporarily beyond the daily life, which can relive the relationship between the conditioning and the gods. For ordinary villagers and spirituality fact participation in the ceremony is gradually feeling, to be understood, the villagers for the recognition of faith, generally derived from repeated on the sidelines of faith ceremony, and on the basis of personal life experience phase composite, rather than the reality effect through faith in daily life. Belief in the deities and daily life through the ceremony unfolded cultural logic is a part of the paper focuses on. In addition, four-door, Xian Gu Xianjia "special care" and of daily life Xianjia people frequent interaction "Respect Grandpa" ceremony, led to information about traditional rural society "God, ghosts, ancestors, the Three Kingdoms belief model theory of reflection, laborers, so standing on ceremony and performers-the point of view of the people to take care of folk beliefs in God, ghosts, ancestors, Xianjia four sequences is also one of the elements.In the process of participant observation, I noticed,"Worship Tianyeye ceremony rooted in traditional rural society have lost their original social context, not only did not die, and have actually become more vibrant and popular, very timely follow social changes in the background and to respond quickly. In fact, this is within the power of the traditional cultural heritage-the spiritual needs of the people, although the villagers to participate in the ceremony of "Respect" in the name of the grandfather, but they are willing to experience pleasure together with relatives and neighbors to participate in a group activity. At the same time, as the witch of the ceremony laborers, because of their in the villages faith order absolute authority and absolute obedience of the people, leaving the procedural aspects of the ceremony has an absolute right to speak, the ceremony changes also play a positive role, within the power of the traditional cultural heritage and belief in the authority of the village personal effects from the changing social context, three aspects "Worship Tianyeye" ceremony took place changes is also important.