A Study on the Territory Defined by Religious Belief Defence in Annan District, Tainan.

• Main Authors: Chen-yu Lee, 李宸羽
• Other Authors: Shang-chia Chiou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45415693297924859691

碩士 === 雲林科技大學 === 建築與室內設計系碩士班 === 99 === Traditional beliefs in Taiwan comprise wide and rich intentions, and they have already merged with our daily living environments ingeniously. Religious belief defense system not only reveals the local inhabitants’ thinking on religious customs, but also reflects the inhabitants’ knowing on territory because of the characteristics of defining it. In the past, the studies between religious belief defense system and territory mostly focused only on five-fort aspects, but not on exorcisms of ring defenses outside five-fort. As a result, this thesis aims to discourse how religious belief defense system fulfills territory and understands its deep meanings from five-fort forms and surroundings including exorcisms of ring defenses. The research method is field investigation, and the research field consists of sixty cases in Annan District in Tainan City. The researcher tries to understand how religious belief defense system works with territory structures from its presentations there. From the changing phenomena of territory, how the religious belief defense system adapts itself to the changed environment is also discussed. The shapes of religious belief defense system in Anna District are more distinct after the researcher’s investigation records. The thesis has five chapters. Chapter one clarifies the research motivations, contents, and fields. Chapter two tells the researcher’s investigating field and the conditions of religions and sacrifice ranges. Chapter three discusses the forms and sorts of religious belief defense system in Anna District. Chapter four probes into the positions and connections of religious belief defense system in territory space. Chapter five suggests research conclusions, reviews and possible research directions in the future future. The major achievements of this research are: First, it accumulates the base of historical data related to religious belief defense system. Second, it analyzes the forms and sorts of religious belief defense system and explores the variations. Third, it investigates the relationships inside religious belief defense system, its connections to territory space, and how changed territory space affects religious belief defense system.