Study On Great General Cen Worship

Great General Cen worship is in the history forms, still is mainly until now popular area the Guangxi Youjiang river, the middle reaches Zhuang national minority's vulgar god belief. In this paper, the research methods of historical anthropology as a guide, select the Music Village festival as a great general Cen study center, combined with relevant literature and survey interviews, in-depth and meticulous combing of the Great General Cen worship formation and evolution of a comprehensive and objective Analysis of the Great General worship Cen functions in this basis, the more accurately reveal the Great General Cen worship rich cultural connotations. Great General Cen worship produced in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the first form is the official clan chieftain Shum's "ancestor" worship. A father and son trio set Cen (ie Cen Xiong and his eldest son Cen Shixing, the third son Cen Shiyuan) of the chivalrous, gallant, and loyalty in one of the "complex" (ie "Huaiyuan general" Cen Zhongshu), is the major prototype of general Cen. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties' special historical situation, under the influence of Han people's idea about venerating the ancestor, and the principle doctrine offers sacrifices to the policy of the central dynasty, Great General Cen worship can break through the narrow and small range that Cen's officer clan's ancestor worships gradually, then develops into one of the main faith to local gods, and inherits until now. Along with this historical process, era and the society entrusts with General Cen worship rich feature and cultural connotations, mainly manifested in: On one hand, it is the carrier from which local followers inherits their historical memory, the tool by which the spirits obtain consolation and the platform for promoting communication and interaction; On the other hand, it is also the symbol of the official clan chieftain Shum's rules authority, the metaphor of"the center and the edge"and the expression of the local followers' realistic utility requirements. As the precious cultural heritage to the Zhuang People of Western Guangxi, which is inheriting until now, Great General Cen worship has been integrated with the local society closely, its inheritance and development momentum in the future is a matter of concern.