A Study On Belief In Huang Daxian

The earliest document about Huang Daxian can be found in Ge Hong's Fairy Tales of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265-420). People can see the development of Huang Daxian Belief from the change of the title, which originally as Huang Chuping, and later as Huang Daxian both orally and in written form.The development of Huang Daxian Belief mainly depends on four channels, namely, the documentary records, the poetic writings, the fairy tales, and the poems written on book marks. And the four systems, each having its own way of development and characteristics, and each being systematic and complementary to each other, jointly promoted the development of the Belief.Uniting Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism as one, Huang Belief has enduring vitality and rich historical connotation. Its social function lies on the treatment of diseases, the relief of people's physical suffering; doing good and punishing the evil, helping the weak and the poor. Thus, it had been "savior" of the poor people. Monarchs relied on Huang Belief to achieve their rule, and the grass roots, through Huang Belief, adjusted their psychology by means of psychological hint.In modern time, Huang Belief functions as mood regulation, psychological enhancement, and the maintenance of good social order and the building of a harmonious society. And it is also helpful for us to re-examine the relationship between man and nature. It cherishes life, and focuses on health; not exclusive to wealth and promotes a happy life. With all these concepts, Huang Belief is very close to the values of modern people. Since 1980s, belief in Huang Daxian in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and other places regained its climax. As the birthplace of the Belief, Jinhua holds a very positive response to this wave and begins to collect, collate materials about Huang, and a study of Huang's date of birth, place of birth, place of meditation, and the development of faith is also under progress.Huang faith also has a profound impact on Jinhua's economy. It plays an active role in the attraction of foreign tourists and investments from overseas Chinese. But on the whole, the study about Huang Daxian culture and the utilization of its tourism resources merely rest on the preliminary stage here in Jinhua.