| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 民俗藝術研究所 === 96 === Chinese flower gods shows diversity of images because of the extensive territory and various ethnic groups. We can find them
very meaningful and valuable on several topics such as “The Relation between Esthetic Experience on Common Customs”, “The Connection between Legends of Universe’s creation and Generating Culture”, “Folk Beliefs’ Succession to Nature Adoration” through the four perspectives which includes human beings, legends, folk cultures and social thoughts.
This study explores Chinese flower gods chiefly through the folk cultures. With classical documents and field investigation, I collect and compress the first-hand and secondhand materials as the basis of this research. I get into the topics by analyzing the stories of related legends and try to comprehend the meanings of flower gods’ symbols by employing esthetics.
This thesis is divided into six chapters. The first chapter provides an introduction to the motivation, purpose, methods, scope, and reference source of this study. In the second chapter discusses mainly the origins and the transitions of the beliefs of Chinese flower gods. In chapter 3 “Meanings of Adoration for Flower Gods And for Reproduction”, with significant of life revealed by flower symbols, explains the conversion process of flower gods, Creator of the universe, and god of generating. It analyses also the meanings of generating about the beliefs of typical flower gods (god and goddess of flower) in Taiwan. In Chapter 4 “The Festival and Culture of Flower God Beliefs”, it traces back to the history of “flower-blooming festival”, generalizes the related events, and discusses topics about the construction of flower god temples in Mainland China. In Chapter 5 “Flower Gods’ Influence on Common Customs” anatomizes the influence that flower gods have on cultural society, such as generation complex and esthetic culture. The conclusion sums up the results of this study and suggests the possibility of successive research.
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