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Study On The Influence Of The Buddhist Culture Change Caused By The Social Transition Of Changchun

Posted on:2011-05-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360305957742Subject:Anthropology
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According to historical documents of this thesis, there are three important historical period of social change, the Founding of the People's Republic period, the Cultural Revolution and the reform and opening up, Including economic change, institutional change, cultural change and demographic change. After this the article analyzes social change on the Buddhist cultural changes.The thesis is build up by the introduction and the main text. The introduction pointed out that, in nowadays the concept of buddhism culture is not only a buddhist monk, an article, some of the scriptures, but also a life style. It is widely considered that the Buddha, although, is not a panacea, but can teach us, enlighten us and allow people to escape from worldly suffering. So Buddhism culture and People's Daily life has more and more closely linked. Buddhism culture in which will also change. As society changes at the same time, the Buddhism culture change is quite notable.The main text is divided into three parts. The first part is the second chapter, "the Influence of the Local Buddhist Culture Change Caused by the Social Transition of Changchun during the founding period"The second part is the third chapter, "the Influence of the Local Buddhist Culture Change Caused by the Social Transition of Changchun during the Cultural Revolution"The third part is the fourth chapter, "the Influence of the Local Buddhist Culture Change Caused by the Social Transition of Changchun during the Reform and Opening up"Then the thesis summarizes the present reasons of the social changes and the buddhism culture's flourishing:With the process of urbanization, industrialization and the cause of social division of labor, people in such society inevitably feel loneliness. Social differentiation leads to the subdivision of occupational specialization, people's circadian rhythm is more and more quick, social competition is fierce, people's physiology and psychological rhythm sometimes are difficult to bear such big social pressure. Coupled with the increasing gap between rich and poor, people's material requirements are like a valley that is hard to fill up. More and more people hopes that anchor his spirit religion in unreal world. And China is affected by tradition culture, people often come to fill in self s void inner world by professing Buddhism.The fifth part is the conclusion of the article, after gathering the conclusion that social change and cultural change on the effect of Buddhism, gives analysis and suggestion about Buddhist culture on the future direction of Changchun.In short, through this article which takes Temple prajna in Changchun city as the example research, the impact of social changes in Changchun City over Buddhism culture has been expounded and proven by the method in combination of theory and history.
Keywords/Search Tags:social change, religious change, Buddhist culture, Secularization
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