| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立屏東大學 === 中國語文學系碩士班 === 104 === The main purpose of this study is to learn about the Qingshui Faith in Taiwan, with two sampling objects of Qianjin Wanxinggong in Kaohsiung and Kanding Beiyuan Temple in Pingdong.
The mainly used research methods include literature data collection and field investigation. For literature data collection, the main range is academic dissertations, journals, pictures, legends, temple records and other text literatures; for field investigation, the oral history is the main part and the interviewees include personnel in temple, local residents, members of community based on Qingshui Faith or the elders who are familiar to the history of Qingshui Zushi.
Qianjin Wanxinggong in Kaohsiung and Kanding Beiyuan Temple in Pingdong have established the faith of people through the pilgrimages and mobilizing their regions for hundreds of years, and Qingshui Faith is the core faith in these two places. However, Qingshui Faith in different regions shows distinct diversities. Through comparing Qingshui Faith held by Wanxinggong in Kaohsiung and Beiyuan Temple in Pingdong respectively, the study found the difference of Beiyuanthem in architectural features, ceremonies, legends, cultural identities and social functions of Qingshui Faith. In architectural features, Wanxingong is a palatial architecture commonly seen in the north while Beiyuan Temple is a Fujian-style architecture with temple features of both north and south inside; in ceremonies, which can be divided into two types: dynamic ceremony and static ceremony. While there are still a few of dynamic ceremonies, most of the ceremonies in Wanxingong are static, such as voluntary haircutting. On the contrary, most ceremonies in Beiyuan Temple are dynamic which include pilgrimages for peace and blessings every three years. In legends, there are legends of epiphanies, saving lives and giving birth in both temples and other different legends. In cultural identities, they have similar features in locality, catholicity, popularity and mystery; however in social functions, we find that Wanxingong paid less attention in traditions and cultures while Beiyuan Temple spared no effort in preservation. Therefore we found that two temples are with different cultural and social functions. The different faith ceremonies of Qingshui Zushi present the features of Qingshui Faith in these two regions.
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