Study On The Way How Community Keeps Physical And Mental Health In The Context Of Local Culture

This paper analyses the cultural cognition pattern and spiritual dynamism of communities in the south part of Fujian province, on a basic of fieldwork on the belief and rituals of Pao-Sheng Ta-Ti. And it tries to find an approach to health maintenance, in which the arts are important medium, and worship, prayer and belief are of great importance.The belief of Pao-Sheng Ta-Ti is popular in the south par of Fujian Province. The Ritual for Pao-Sheng Ta-Ti must be celebrated every year. It has regular processes. Most processes of rituals are combined with soundscape. Furthermore, soundscape makes an important part in the development of a ritual, in which a special space-time field is made. Accordingly, the limit of sacred world and earthliness is indistinct. In other words, when a believer participates in a ritual, the physical world and the mental world are one. He could get emotional support and spiritual comfort, and then could keep sound in body and mind. Soundscape, prayer and ritual are core media in blending the physical world and the mental world together. Community in villages keeps healthy by utilizing the energy created when integrates the three factors.