What is the 800-word folk belief?

Refers to the people's spontaneous belief and respect for the spiritual body with supernatural power. Including the inheritance of primitive religion in the folk and the infiltration of artificial religion in the folk. Folk belief is a broad concept. Taking folk belief as a concept alone, considering that it exists corresponding to a religious belief and is connected with institutionalized religion in series, this cultural system includes three inseparable systems: belief, ceremony and symbol.

Chinese name

Folk belief

Foreign name

Folk belief

summary

A spontaneous concept of worship of gods.

Another name

Folk religion and popular religion

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Dual-characteristic religion advocates academic value. The root of faith is China.

Folk belief

Folk beliefs refer to the unorganized and spontaneous emotional sustenance, worship, behaviors and actions that widely exist among the people. That is, "a set of worship concepts, behavior habits and corresponding ritual systems spontaneously produced among the people."

Generally speaking, it refers to the belief and worship of "gods, ghosts, ancestors, saints and celestial phenomena" rooted in traditional culture in rural society. Some scholars also call it "folk religion" or "heresy".

Ideologically speaking, it is an unofficial culture; In terms of cultural form, practice is emphasized, and texts are used less, and they are passed down in the form of local dialects; In terms of social strength, it has been supported by most people in society (farmers) and is inseparable from folk life.