| The Sichuan River Basin is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.Influenced by both natural environment and social conditions,the belief in Yangtze river God was born very early.With the awakening of human self-consciousness and the improvement of human ability to overcome nature,the image of the god of the Yangtze River gradually got rid of the obscurantile abstraction in the early stage,and showed a trend of concretization and personification.The figure of the god of the Yangtze River gradually became the mainstream of the image of the god of the river in the Sichuan River Basin.With its unique environment,geographical advantages and historical origin,the Sichuan River Basin stands out among the areas where many people believe in river God,becoming a major center of Yangtze River God belief and gradually gaining more attention.The development of the belief in Yangtze River God in the Sichuan River Basin ran through the whole period of ancient China.With the long-term intervention of the five forces including local believers,the court,local power,religious forces and immigrants and the continuous infiltration of various cultures,the belief system of the Yangtze River God in the Sichuan River Basin was finally formed.Local believers have long respected many effective and helpful gods,which has laid a multi-god development scale for the river god belief in the Sichuan River Basin,and the purpose of utilitarian belief has become a permanent background color.The regulation at the court level made the belief in Yangtze River gods and some gods in the Sichuan River Basin have official status,status change and class jump.Under the guidance of the imperial court,the local government coordinated and reconstructed the local belief objects and ways.After the convergence of the three religions,the influence of the two Buddhism and Taoism increased significantly.In order to pursue higher status and political participation,they not only reformed the belief psychology and belief structure of the Yangtze River God belief in the Sichuan River Basin,but also added many new connotations to the Yangtze River god.The arrival of the immigrants brought great changes to the main body of the believers of the Yangtze God belief in the Sichuan River basin,and the regional culture was also enriched.In the end,the immigrants and aborigines completed the transition from confrontation to integration,which not only increased the number of river gods and deities in the Sichuan River basin,but also led to the transformation and expansion of the connotation of river gods and deities in the Sichuan River Basin.Finally,The different Yangtze River gods and deities are the concrete objects that the believers believe in and also the important composition of the river gods belief in the Sichuan River Basin.The nature,status,origin,development are different.In general,the river gods and deities in the Sichuan River Basin are divided into local and foreign camps.The local river gods continue to develop with their deep roots and long standing status,while the foreign Yangtze River gods occupy an important seat with the change of the main body of believers.The two sides integrated and co-existed in the competition,forming a diverse and harmonious group image of the Yangtze River God,and the Yangtze River belief to a deeper connotation and symbolic significance.The belief in Yangtze river God in the Sichuan River Basin has become an objective reflection of human thinking and a symbolic expression of social order,as well as a social function of enlightening people and regulating balance.Its evolution process has multidimensional significance.It not only shows the game and compromise between officials and people in regional governance;It also shows the inheritance and choice between times in cultural inheritance.To a certain extent,it also reflects the ancient grass-roots society towards orderly,stable and integrated development of the direction of change. |
