Research On Belief Worship Ceremony Of Shanxi Xiangfen Turtle Mountain

Turtle Mountain belief and temper fair in Shanxi Xiangfen Countyhave long history; due to catkins swimming in Turtle Mountain inspring on Mar.28every year, it is like snowing in sunshine and calledas “Fine Snow in Turtle Mountain” by scholars. Therefore, thetemper fair of Turtle Mountain is both the grand gathering ofbelievers and the time for local scholars and poets to gather, whichhas deep influence in local area. The belief of Turtle Mountain hasgods transfer twice in history, which is difficult to see in otherbeliefs; but the gods worship ceremony is completely inherited; dueto the gods transfer, the ceremony is also transferred. Based onfieldwork survey, the paper follows the theories and the researchmethods of folklore and anthropology, mainly seeks the reasons ofgods transfer in Turtle Mountain, analyzes the connotations of theworship ceremony process in the temper fair and the folkimplications of the ceremony, and knows the customs, spiritual lifeand psychological appeals of people around Turtle Mountain. The ceremony is the deepest cultural memory in people’s lives, ismerged with their life, satisfies and adjusts people’s social life frommany aspects and has significance in constructing harmonioussociety.Firstly, the paper sorts the development of the worship ceremonyof the temper fair, describes the development process of TurtleMountain belief, and analyzes the transfer of core gods to get theresult that people make cultural selection and innovation due toself-life adaptation; second, it studies the current ceremony ofTurtle Mountain by the fieldwork survey; the ceremony is the toolfor people to communicate with gods; people’s appeals on godsshow their desires on the prospect of beautiful life and theirpassions on future life; finally, it analyzes the folk connotations ofthe ceremony in real society to get the result that the temper fair ofTurtle Mountain and its ceremony contains the significances ofmeeting and adapting people’s psychology, educating people’sconcepts, and consolidating cohesion, which are the lubes for goodsocial operation.