| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 建築與都市設計研究所 === 92 === The conviction concerning City God is based on the concept of the retribution for good or evil deeds and transmigration of the souls. Such conviction is distinguished with mixture of religious doctrines, rituals, and organizations into the custom of the society. The architectural terminologies about City God Temple, including threatening, fear, and startling, continue to convey the ultimate principle of conviction concerning City God — a universe of transmigration based on the retribution for good or evil deeds. Such principle contributed to “order and stability” in the history of Taiwan, and at the same time, the Ching Dynasty government promoted the conviction; thus, the ritual behavior of City God conviction began to unfold its context between the city wall and moat.
Most of the current researches are focused on perspectives of history, religion, and sociology. The researches on ritual behavior and spatial connotation are scanty. In this vein, this study investigated the spatial connotation of City God Temple and the governor’s building, the relationship between the City God, City God Temple, and city wall and moat, as well as the ritual space in City God Temple. The research tools adopted in this study included phenomenon observation, and study of religious rituals, and field research on the existing City God Temple preserved for official rituals in Taiwan. This study aimed to understand the social and cultural context of conviction in City God, namely the profound psychological meaning of Chinese and social systems.
The results are as follow:
1.The establishment City God Temple for official rituals was to gain governance over the religion and for rituals held by the government. The City God Temple is a symbol of intangible wall that pacifies the feelings of the citizenry.
2.The connotation of conviction in City God is a reconstruction of the space between the city wall and moat.
3.The ritual space City God implies the concept of ritual system imbedded in traditional architecture.
4.The conviction in City God represents fusion of holiness into the convention.
5.The ritual space in the City God Temple exhibits the prototype of the retribution for good or evil deeds in the conviction.
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