The Study Of Customs Of Praying For Children Along The Huaihe Region In Anhui Rural

Huaihe river basin in China, as the north and the south region (north Asia tropical and north temperate zone) and the culture of the important watershed, connecting north and south culture polymerization, the various forms of folk custom is praying to our country folk of the customs of praying for children as an important cultural mapping. Along the Huaihe region in Anhui as the representative of the Huaihe river in its own unique customs, praying to the custom behind the birth of ideas, impact fertility culture, is the important manifestation of the Huaihe river culture of our country. Huaihe river middle reaches people, especially women folk are very worship GuanYin bodhisattva,"three" grandma," head of the local" birth of the gods.Along the Huaihe region in Anhui in our country, pray about children’s folk oral texts or ritual has various forms, rich in content. Such as wedding in the customs of praying for children culture symbol is the most complicated. Since ancient times, weddings are different forms, and the activity is essentially through contact witchcraft sorcery or simulation, to achieve the goal of early children, and more."Reincarnation","support" and "many children" and other traditional family concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.This article through to the folk custom survey and comb, aims to clarify since ancient times, the folk custom the existence and development; In the folk in the area along the Huaihe river in Anhui province like the research object, research folk condition, and along the Huaihe region folk custom of people to pray for the object (such as local fertility god, etc.), the customs of praying for children and begged the object for dialogue (temple abbot, etc.) as a medium for investigation and analysis, combining with the middle reaches of Huaihe river folk custom and other customs of the relationship between interpretation and discussed as the main content of the article, summed up along the Huaihe region characteristic and forming reason of rural conventions. Combining with the transition, people for the traditional fertility culture and gradually shift the birth idea, combined with the external appearance of fertility culture, people on the agreement, the factors such as the transition of the willingness of people to breed, extension, and to analyze along the Huai region rural custom existing reality and people’s mental attitude.