Serious And Facetious At The Same Time: Reading Instrument Yifeng People Belief Mentality

This paper takes Xiping County in southern Henan area Yifeng Village as fieldwork point, using the method of participant observation, interviews and case studies, and combined with related literature, respectively between the immortal of Yifeng, the Christianity in Yifeng, Yifeng believed immortal and Christianity "conflict" and "syncretism" and so on several aspects from the in-depth study of the Yifeng from the past to the present, in the changing of social environment and the survival of the soil, Yifeng local belief change., attempts to Yifeng human belief mentality interpreted.First of all, Yifeng traditional immortal function continues to weaken, the carrier and cult related even disappear in simplified. Secondly, the foreign Christian faith, its function is adapted to the reality of society needs of the villagers, believers in increasing, Christ Church has been refurbished every year. In rituals and activities, although the existence of the conflict of traditional folk belief sand a foreign religion, but both sides are constantly adjusting to each other, and is formed under a "mutual fusion". Finally, this paper discusses the instrument seal people belief mentality based on the aforementioned on. Because of the development of production technology and the social progress, a large number of idle rural labor force, and grassroots political culture construction lag, and Yifeng now faith environment, causing the instrument seal people in real life to the full, in the act of faith on serious attitude. On the other hand, because of the unstable factors in the society transformation period and today people to meet the material needs, making the instrument seal people to the spirit world to meet, in the psychological belief lost pure and pious old.