Minnan Purdue Folk Beliefs Visits

The article makes the Minnan's folk-custom 'Pudu' as a study object, analyses its nature, character and function. The text is divided into three parts. The first part is the summarition of the basic condition of Minnan's folk-custom Pudu, and it analyses the Pudu's mentality of common people. In the following part, the paper retraces the cultural origin of Minnan's Pudu. The last part discusses the characteristics of folk-custom Pudu. This paper researches Minnan Folk-custom Pudu not only from the perspective of faith, but also from the perspective of civilization. Folk-custom Pudu not only has the nature of civilian faith, but also has the nature of civilian entertainment; it is the syncretism between Minnan's demotic faith and folk culture. With the development of society, the people's Concept of spirits is becoming indifferent and the form of faith is becoming briefness.