主編:詹石窗
出版:香港蓬瀛仙館
ISSN 1728-7642

Daoism Studies ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 1-21.

• SPECIAL MANUSCRIPTS •     Next Articles

A Fieldwork Report for the Present Situation of Folk Beliefs in Danlu Hamlet, Nandan County, Guangxi

Gai Jianmin, Liu Xuetao   

  • Received:2019-08-10 Revised:2019-11-14 Published:2021-08-19
  • Contact: Liu Xuetao, PhD Candidate, Sichuan University, Institute of Taoism and Religious Culture; Research Directions: Chinese Taoism; Address: Institute of Taoism and Religious Culture, Sichuan University, No.24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu; Postcode: 610064;Email: 853193166@qq.com.
  • About author:Gai Jianmin, Professor & Doctoral Supervisor, Sichuan University, Institute of Taoism and Religions; Research Directions: Chinese Taoism; Address: Liberal Arts Building, Sichuan University, No.24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu; Postcode: 610064; Email: Gjm1964@126.com.

Abstract: Danlu hamlet, located at Changli village, Wuai town, Nandan county, Hechi city, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, along with the compact communities of Zhuang people with the Red River around. Danlu hamlet can be regarded as a summation combined cultures of Tao, Tusi, and Zhuang. It raised with the elixir practices in Danlu mountain of Luo Qianduan the 11th Tusi of Nadi among the Wan Li period in the Ming dynasty and influenced by Taoism significantly. Through the fieldwork for Danlu mountain and Danlu hamlet in late May 2019, we found the worships of Ma Guai (螞), the lord of the earth, ancestor, earth god, and ritual activities performed by Mo Gong (麼公) constitute the world of faith in Danlu hamlet: the Ma Guai Festival(螞节)influenced by the worship of Tusi, and the lord of the earth, which is the combination of common worship of the lord of the earth and aerolite culture in Nandan. The memorial tablets of the "heaven, earth, lord, ancestor, and master", which are worshiped by the families of Danlu, highlight the influence of the foreign culture represented by Taoism in the hamlet; and in the ancestral scriptures and ritual traditions of the ancestors, it is manifested by the influence of various cultural factors as the unique phenomenon of "mo shi he yi " (麼師合一).

Key words: Danlu hamlet, Folk beliefs, Ma Guai worship, The lord of the earth, Mo Gong