Study On The Geligion Of The Monkey King In Fujian Province

The thesis researches the folk religion of The. Monkey. King in Fujian Province, and investigates the transformation of the religion of the ape, the origin, development and culture trait of the religion of The. Monkey. Kingin Fujian Province by combining the methods of history and anthropology. The writer elaborates on the demonstration of the development, evolvement and the culture trait of the religion. The writer figures that the folk religion of The.Monkey. King in Fujian Province went through the transformation of the early Ahriman image of the ape to the crabbed deity image of The. Monkey. King. Analyzing from the culture carrier of the religion of The. Monkey. King, such as birthday ritual, invocation, fairy legend, ritual, couplets and so on, the writer considers that the religion of The. Monkey. Kingrepresents the syncretizing of multi- culture. The religion preserved the character of the early religion of the ape in Fujian Province and was influenced by the artistic image of The. Monkey. King in the classical novel ((The Journey to the West)) and the district culture of Fujian Province.