A Prelimnary Study About Guandi Belief In The Area Of Li River

In contemporary society, popular religion is a special form of social consciousness as well as a significant social historical phenomenon. Popular religion is made by the ordinary people’s common Psychological demand with the historical development of society. Meanwhile, it has deep impact on the development of social history, human civilization and real life. Today, popular religion does not weaken with the development of technology and simplification of social life. On the contrary, it does influence the life of human beings in diverse ways.There are several new characters and trends in the popular religion during the course of social transformation which has the great impact:The number of the participants is growing; the inner structure of believers is changing, showing the dipolar structure. This paper, which analyzes some Guandi temple, does an empirical research on the Guandi temple belief in the area of Li River. This article concludes that both the origin and development of Guandi belief has its own deeply historical root. In the area of Li River, Guandi is so popular among the ordinary people that it is widely accepted by them. At the same time, there are some new elements appearing in the Guandi belief, which expresses the Distinct Regional Characteristics. As a result, the Guandi belief will have long influence in the area and reflect the psychology of the local people.It will be a huge misunderstanding if we treat the Guandi belief as a kind of superstition. We should evaluate the Guandi belief detachedly. It is extremely significant to guarantee the benign interaction between the popular religion and socialist society.