主編:詹石窗
出版:香港蓬瀛仙館
ISSN 1728-7642

Daoism Studies ›› 2022, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 125-139.

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The Integration of Beliefs and Customs the Change of City God Belief in Chengdu Area

Liu Haoran   

  • Online:2022-06-10 Published:2022-11-10
  • About author:Liu Haoran, Ph. D. student, Institute of Taoism and Religious Culture, Sichuan University. Directions: Chinese Taoism. Address: Liberal Arts Building, Sichuan University, No.24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Postcode: 610065; Email: 2411146980@qq.com.

Abstract: The belief of the City God in Chengdu began from the Southern Liang period, and was clearly recorded till Tang Xianzong, and continued to develop during the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. During the prosperous period of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China (1912- 1949), there were five City God temples in Chengdu at the same time. Later, under the shadow of the relevant policies such as“production and learning”, the city God temples were gradually transformed, and only remnants remain. In the admiration of the City God in Chengdu, the establishment of state power and the daily life of the people jointly contributed to the integration of beliefs and customs of that culture, making the diversity and characteristics of beliefs constantly prominent.

Key words: the City God Temple in Chengdu, City God belicf, The fusion of faith and custom, Integration