Qing Dynasty Folk Religion

Introduction: The belief system of Chinese folk religions is a product of historical development of various doctrines of sects religions .specifically speaking., It is acombination of different sects of religions such as ming(Light)., Maitreya.,Bailian(white lotus) and Taoism and folk customs and superstitution to different degrees at various historical stages .And it is a dynamic system of belief with the feature of worshipping all gods(or goddess)., Basing its basic thought on "returning to paradise"and regarding saving the believers from their predestined fates by the immortals as its core.The dissertation is divided into 4 chapters:Chapter one: Research on the four inner logically connected levels of the belief system of folk religions-creating the world .,governing the world ,rescuing the world and delivered the world .more philosophical and practical spaces were applied in studying the theory and doctrines of the folk religions.Chapter two: Analysis of the membership and structural features of Chinese folk religions .A particular research on the relationship among the highest female deity ,heavenly master ,preachers and believers.Chapater three: Adeeper research on the practice methods of Chinese folk religions - most of the schools,despite their disparate doctrine and scriptures,recognise the inner alchemy as main practice method while others are breathing techniques ,meditation,yoga ,and so on .Chapter four: Analysis of the relatins between the folk religions and native communities.The folk religions are both products and organic parts of native communities.