The Study Of The Faith Of Wu Zixu

Folk faith is an important content of Chinese ancient society. Due to the limitation of various subjective and objective conditions, the ancient people fear of a lot of unknown things and contact and deification, as a result, many of the distinctive folk faith formed. Some of the folk faith became the part of Chinese history and culture. The folk faith content is very rich, mountains and rivers, moon and stars, historical figures, and even all kinds of vegetation pixie can become the object of the ancients worship. In the different historical stages, people remake their ancients worship, according to their own needs and changes, and the folk faith changed. The history of ancient folk faith, also is a kind of side of Chinese history and perspectives. Through the study of the folk faith, we can know more on the Chinese people’s spiritual world, and understand more on traditional social culture, and have a better understanding of the inheritance and development of the Chinese culture.The faith of Wu Zixu is a typical example of historical characters in ancient folk faith. Since the death of Wu Zixu, people began to temple worship, and the unknowable tide phenomenon associated with it, eventually became a household name of Wu Zixu water god. Based on ancient literature and summarized, divides into the faith of Wu Zixu dispersion spread, identity development, decline and revival of the three major historical periods, and discussed the different historical stages of the faith of Wu Zixu. In the faith of Wu Zixu, the white horse and simple carriage Image appeared many times, which from ancient funeral etiquette and then associated with the development of the faith of Wu Zixu, became the mainstream of image. As an important branch of folk faith and strength, the faith of Wu Zixu is restricted by two of the great religions of Buddhism and Taoism. The Buddhism promoted itself by the use of the faith of Wu Zixu, and so did the Taoism. The relationship between the faith of Wu Zixu and Buddhism or Taoism is an epitome of many ancient folk faith and representative. The miraculous story is an important part of the faith of Wu Zixu, which is divided into water god stories、retribution stories after death and others. The miraculous story promoted the development of the faith of Wu Zixu, and the new story was created with he development of the faith of Wu Zixu. Two is a kind of benign relationship of mutual promotion and mutual development.