Landscape Of Temples And Folk Culture In Modern Northeast

In this volatile Northeast of Modern China, imperialist aggression, the melee between warlords, bandits rampage and Japanese colonial rule, in such a complicated historical background, temples in the Northeast civil society were perceived as a spiritual hall.It is not only the relying on faith, as well as rural commodities exchange market, but also is the people's entertainment field. Modern Chinese Northeast temple construction and the activities around the temples constitute a kind of landscape, which reflects the outlook of the Northeast of civil society.There are five part in the article to interprete Northeast civil society and cultural which is reflected by the landscape of the temple.In the first part of this article, the Opium War is as a watershed which described separately in the development of temples around the Northeast. Modern Northeast temples were built or repaired since the Qing Dynasty. Exiles who have been drived to the Northeast brought their own traditional culture and customs, and there was a trend that Han has a large number of displaced persons and emigration to the Northeast. As a religious building, and also a gathering place for immigrants around the country, the construction of the temple is quite common.Compared with Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, the small temples are more vigorous. In modern times, Westernized architecture landscapes have flown out constantly, but in the Northeast civil society,love is the temple where they are. During the puppet Manchukuo, there still has been the cnsotruction of small temples in the Northeast, but the main energies were on maintaining the temples.Therefore, bases on the scale of temples, there were new repairs on internal deities and external ancillary facilities. Temples is still developed.This second part is to study the Modern Northeast temples and private beliefs culture. In the ealy of Qing Dinasty, belief culture is very single. Under the northeastern migrants, the beliefs of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism has made significant progress.Also the migrants themselves and many religious customs are formed late ,which in the northeastern temple on the land can be done. Due to natural factors and the Northeast immigrants belief structure, the name of the temple in the Northeast probably reflects people's belief in all gods as the nature god, community spirit, ghosts and spirits. From the gods in the temple--a multi-god temple, it reflected a mess belief. Specific belief activities in the temples reflected civil rich cultural beliefs in Modern Northeast. Regular worship date of the temples and large worship activities are the embodiment of the Northeast rich cultural beliefs.The third part analyses relationship between the Modern Northeast temples and the civil entertainment culture. Modern northeast located in the border, but the luxury recover and extravagant style temples is nothing less than the Mainland, which provides favorable conditions or civil visiting activities. Especially for the role of thinking of traditional Chinese geomancy, the siting of many famous temples of the Northeast are put emphasis on the combination of natural scenery and people, particularly adding modern Western Gardening concept which embody a combination of the natural landscape and cultural landscape, and has drawn a lot of visitors, especially folklore of civilians in the sectors of tourism.In the occasion of wishing burn incense, people were viewing scenery or gaining a treasure-house neighborhood to resolve the pressure of life. During folk festival, the temple has become a place where people must go for festive and ritual activities. Most people here are to have much fun. Many folk art has a certain development in the moment.In this article the fourth part analyses the northeast temples and the local economic cultural. Because temples have such symbolic function to gather people in public places, it is easy to attract commercial activities. Although, unlike the bulk of commercial trade, but it is the importance of distribution for civil society daily supplement for each other's needs. It was a very common thing to fix location in a nearby temple of Modern Northeast such as daily trading markets or regular shops.Each temple will hold temple fair, and the moment is the start of regular temple fair. Each year there are many temple fair in Northeast, hence this market is also very common. Two days before the opening, traders will be the first to the temple to lease pieces of land, and set up the merchandise, waiting for the opening. All is available, and it also has a strong local flavor. and the sub shop around temples is bustling. At this time the followers, small traders, artisans, and farmers in the temples display the unique local economic culture in Northeast.The fifth part is the evaluation of the full text. First, the reasons why the temple in the northeast is flourish in land of incense Modern Northeast : Northeast its own strong capacity to absorb culture is the root causes for the flourish temples; immigrants is direct cause for folk temples flourish in the Northeast; historical background and social environment provided the conditions for the prosperity of the Northeast temples. The interaction of various factors constitutes a large number of temples built in the Northeast. Secondly, the function of the Modern Northeast temples is analysed in both the positive and negative aspects.Modern Northeast temples is a positive impact on the folk culture: It is spiritual solace for the public, which enriches people's beliefs culture; it is a good place for people to relax, providing a platform for fostering folk art and entertainment culture; finally, it also provides a forum for goods exchange, and embodies the local culture. Modern Northeast temple influenced by the social environment also plays a negative role on the folk culture :It provides a venue for the feudal superstitious activities; sometimes, it is as well as the filth of the place, which become a social instability; it is also the stronghold where the puppet Manchukuo controled by Japan has enslaved northeastern people. But even with the drawbacks, it is impossible to conceal the positive role. Contemporary religious tourism and local characteristics temple fair can be gained more from this.