Returning Gods

Since the 1980 s, with the implementation of the reform and opening up policy,the social various aspects of environment are gradually become relatively loose.Folk beliefs are increasingly removed the hat of feudal superstition, and obtained the legal space.Also became an important part of "Chinese characteristic socialist culture".Such situation looks good, but because of local government management showed strong randomness, and more economic factors in effect, the sacred space of folk belief is also gradually squeezed, secular and the market more fit into this culture matters,about the performance and image in the history of folk beliefs in also gradually blurred.This seemingly contradictory social phenomenon.But in China, this phenomenon shows over and over again.In this context examine the reconstructive phenomenon of folk beliefs, many issues worth asking and explanation.This article selects the belief of CangSheng, and grasp the formation process of "social memory" about “the invention of the traditional”. It focus on the power relations, pay attention to the history of contemporary production, trying to make conversation with JingJun’s social memory theory.Associate several perspective, it can present a warehouse space of the Cangsheng temple and ritual activities in the history of logic,and make the whole process coherent.Through the description of temples and ceremony, display the traditional invention.The new invention contains the previous local traditions.The modern and historical, national and local, gods and people are all in the same space.It reproduce the historical memory constantly.In this step in the process of reproduction, state power control the folk beliefs for political reasons. Local governments use folk beliefs for economic reasons. Civil society rely on their mastery of the knowledge resources become a part of power owner.This invention of the tradition not only showed the strong cultural continuity, at the same time to adapt to the change of modern society. It have more obvious utilitarian tendency. But in the process of renaissance about the CangSheng faith, lack of the third communication relationship between officer and people.So it can not bring the reconstruction of the officer and people’s basic social communication links.