Research On The New Community-God T'u-tis Of T'ang And Sung China

People pay more attention to the study of folk beliefs in Ming and Qing rather than in T'ang and Sung.And they also pay more attention to the City-God of folk beliefs,but the City-God of folk beliefs they tend to choose is not the god of T'ang and Sung China.They also pay little attention to the new Community-God t'u-tis of T'ang and Sung.As a result,we don't yet have a clear or systematic understanding of the new Community-God t'u-tis of T'ang and Sung on the whole.As precondition,this paper based on the main factors affecting the new Community-God t'u-tis of T'ang and Sung,that is "social"?"personal"and "regional".Then this paper focus on the development of a new "regional "and“personal”idea.As a result,a definition——"secularity and variety"-of the new Community-God t'u-tis of T'ang and Sung will be made.Then this paper focus on the "secularity and variety"of the new Community-God t'u-tis of T'ang and Sung.Basically,we can get a knowledge of the"secularity and variety"of the new Community-God t'u-tis of T'ang and Sung through the specifical analysis of personal identity and social functions.We can also know how the local social groups comprehend the"secularity and variety"by the analysis of the participation of the lower class in the local community.By studying the way the local politics and cultural elites behave in group activities,can we find the reason of the new Community-God t'u-tis' emerging of T'ang and Sung.We can also find how people comprehend"institutionalization".Eventually,the essence of the new Community-God t'u-tis of T'ang and Sung China will be made.