The Expression Of Historical Memory And Folk Narration

The Taibo Temple is also known as the "Rangwang" Temple,it's dedicated to Taibo who is the founder of the Wu Dynasty and has been 1800 years of history.Although Taibo is the leader Gongdan's eldest son of the "Zhou" tribal,but Gongdan wanted give his place to his third son and grandson "Jichang".Taibo knew father's meaning,then he and his brother came from Shangxi to Wudi.Taibo brought a civilized life and production of advanced to Wu,also brought the advanced civilization and promoted the prosperity of the wu.After the baptism of time,Taibo temple still stands in Meili Village and forms the Taibo Temple fair as the center of Taibo Temple in local.Taibo Temple fair is rich in content,Sacrificial Ceremony,Folk Parade,Theatrical Performance and so on.Through the investigation of Taibo Temple,the interview of the Wu clan,the participation in Taibo Temple Fair and the literature collection,study the story and image of Taibo in history,how to become an important part of people's historical memory;Taibo how to be described,imaginated and constructed by people,so that Taibo as the historical figures and evolved into legend parallel image in the oral narrative.Where spread about the legend of Taibo and the local scenery legend in Meili and Wuxi,formed by Taibo as the core of the legand circle;Taibo Temple how to form the belief circle in core of the temple fair through the ritual narrative;the influence of the temple fair in the modern society and the cultural expression;and how the oral narrative and the folk belief interact to form the historical memory.There are a large number of stone inscriptions,folk legends and local folk beliefs in Taber temple,these folk customs has become a cultural phenomenon in Meili and the Taibo temple fair is one of the important carrier of culture.People through the legend of the folk narrative and the ceremony held,the ancestors of the faith down from generation to generation and enhance the historical memory of ethnic identity.In historical process of folklore and sacrifice,he became the symbol of the common feelings of the people of Wu and the local cohesion,and became an important part of the folk religious belief in Wuxi.More importantly,the people of Wu in the influence of Taibo,the Confucian culture in the Wu to get the cloth,so that the Confucian orthodoxy in Wu to get back...