Taiyuan City, The Southern Outskirts Of Rural Religious Issues

Religion in the world, but due to different national, historical and cultural influences, with distinct regional, ethnic, historical features, even in the national economy, cultures, mutual influence in the era of globalization, is so. Chinese religion has its own characteristics, and is different from the city of rural religious religion. Since reforming and opening, our country economic development has entered a rapid development period, the policy on freedom of religious belief is comprehensive carry out, religious beliefs in a rural development speed is very quick. Role of religion in the dual characteristics enlightenment we, we must attach great importance to the spread and development of religion in the country. In solid advance construction of socialistic new rural area and the construction of a harmonious socialist society in the process, we not only should be coordinated actively give full play to its positive function to the construction of the new countryside do what little one can to help, more efforts should be made to adjust and eliminate its negative function brought adverse effect. This article through to the Taiyuan city under the jurisdiction of a few religious activity is relatively active, religion is significantly affected villages thorough investigation, focuses on the analysis of the rural characteristics of religion, the development reason and influence, at the same time on how to guide the religion adapt to the socialist new rural construction and puts forward some corresponding suggestions.Religion and not with the progress of human society and the science and technology developed in the modern life disappear from the scene. On the contrary, as a kind of social consciousness of religion but with an increasing number of believers and all kinds of new forms to deeply influence the society and people’s life. And today, globally, appeared the trend of religious revival. China’s main religions are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism, so China is a religious country. This five big religion religious belief, religious emotion, as well as with such beliefs and emotions are adapted to sense of religion and religious organizations, has been a part of people’s personal inner needs exist. After reforming and opening, with the policy of freedom of religious belief in our implementation, our country appeared with the global religious revival echoes the religion fever. Had been suppressed for years religious activities from underground to "on the ground", a variety of religious beliefs, to teach people are increasing. Citizens are free to choose, go all lengths to express their belief and that their religious identity. The statistics show, our country existing types of religious adherents of more than100million people, more than8.5sites for religious activities, religious staff of about300000people, more than3000religious groups. There are74religious schools (Department of religious groups to do) for the training of clergy. Among them,80%believers and religious organization of life and the main activities in the rural areas. Due to religious beliefs in a rural community has a broad mass base, together with in recent years the religious policy of the implementation, in rural religion has formed a powerful force, influenced the development of rural society and the new rural construction.Taiyuan is a multi-religious area, the existing Catholic, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, five kind of religion, religious people160000people. The Catholic Christian, more than8people, nearly20000people,20000people of Islam, Buddhism40000. There are138government approved and registered in accordance with the law of the open various types of venues for religious activities,270clergy,54religious people inhabited village. For this, we focus on the Catholic, Christian and Buddhist studies, selected the southern suburbs of Taiyuan under the jurisdiction of the village of A, B village, C, D and F temple town village five locations as the typical investigation and study, using field participation and talking face to face to the sociological research method of religious believers to interview investigation..