A Study On The Folk Belif Of The God Sanjie By The Folktale On Him In Guangxi

SanJie is a great god in area south of the Five Ridges, according to local folklore, he was a man named Keli-Feng who was born in Gui County of Guangxi. On one occasion, he became an immortal, because he got some magic keys from the gods when he cut firewood in the hill, he still has an enormously influential for this day. Folk legends and folk beliefs are closely related, all gods have their own legend spread among the people, as long as he has a great effect on folk beliefs, the god SanJie also like this, there are a lot of folk legends about the god SanJie in ancient books and oral traditions.Folk legends are the reflection of folk beliefs in people's oral traditions, so, we can learn something about the folk belief of the god of SanJie by the collection and classification on the legend of the god San Jie. Firstly, the changes of the legends from ancient to modern reflect the changes of the folk beliefs of the SanJie in a certain extent, and it's also reflect the changes of people's real needs. Secondly, as a folk belief with very important influence, the folk belief of SanJie is very close to Taoist belief and the local religion of sorcery, it has very distinct local characteristics. As for the current situation and trend of development of the belief of SanJie, although the belief of SanJie showing a declining trend, but it will not disappear in a short time.