An Exploration On The View Of Life Of Taiwanese Folk Deity Belief

• Main Authors: Yeh,Jia-Shin, 葉佳欣
• Other Authors: Lin, Chin-mu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11179328187186425523

碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 宗教學系碩士班 === 100 === The formation and development of Taiwanese folk beliefs was based on the pioneers who immigrated to Taiwan from various regions of mainland China in the early period and incorporated the deity beliefs of their hometowns into this Taiwan land to show reverence to the deity beliefs and had experienced through several hardships whether the disputes between the physical, the psychological, or between the racial all of which threatened the survival factors of the early immigrants in the early period of Taiwan immigration on which the deity beliefs of the original hometown would bring great comfort to the spirit of the pioneers and they would also prayed for the deities for dispelling the misfortunes so as to let the life expand for the benefit of faith heritage and family propagation; until todays, Taiwanese folk beliefs followed the deity beliefs of the pioneer’s original hometown that forms parts of the folk beliefs to allow the structure of folk beliefs to become more diversified in development. Secondly, folk beliefs have created a unique characteristics of the local beliefs that exclustively belongs to Taiwan and the categories of the deity beliefs are even more complicated than the past. The invocation of the worshipers within diversified deity beliefs were the issue of life continuity and the deity beliefs reflects mankind who found sustenance and hope in life. The beliefs for the value of life was induced by connecting the deities with the rituals and mankind felt the significance of life formation due to the traction of religious beliefs by way of the exhibition of the rituals proceedings to assist the worshipers to dispel the scourge and welcome the fortune and the auspicious so that life could reach a condition of harmony and stability. Furthermore, the survival environment in modern life was even more harsher resulted in the mankind hesitation and agitation towards life, which naturally leads to seeking help and hope from the deities for unable to recognize the uniqueness, the intercommounication and sanctity of life; in general, the deities made the worshipers realize that life preciousness is the foundation to achieve life significance and value, and by the advocation and education of the preacher, people become aware of how important the mentality is to one’s life and the mentality could be the basis that leads mankind to judge from all kinds of matters, and then had an impact on the attitude and the perspective of life; thus, hoping that the worshipers could realize life quality and the goal of the true beauty and the sacred. Keywords: Deity, Rituals, Sanctity, Quality of Life, Folk Beliefs