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A folk belief that is “unknown” has no classics and no classics. It originated in eastern Guangdong and has lasted for thousands of years and has remained popular. In Taiwan alone, there are more than 6 million believers. Its ancestral home has just been awarded the “Cross-Strait Exchange Base”, which is called “King of the Three Mountains”.
Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawWhat is the “three”? Why are there three “mountains”? Where did the “king” come from? What is the charm of this folk belief called “King of the Three Mountains”? On November 4, the “Two-Strait·Three Mountains·Four Seas” Sanshan King Academic Seminar, hosted by Yangcheng Evening News Group, co-organized by Sun Yat-sen University Humanities and Social Sciences Department, and the Guangdong Straits Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw Cross-Strait Exchange Promotion Association was held on the South Campus of Guangzhou Campus of Sun Yat-sen University. Zhang Ke, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Religious Committee of Guangdong Province, and Xiao Bing, Deputy Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, attended the seminar.
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Since the “First Sanshan Ancestral Temple Academic Seminar” in Jiexi, Jieyang City in October 1992, more than 10 “Sanshan King” cultural scholars from Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan and Malaysia in ChinaBabaylan 1990 cloth drawCinema 1950 witch cloth draw gathered together to discuss the development and current situation of the folk belief culture of the “Three Mountains Kings” and its seaThe history and path of internal and external communication.
Four experts issued a keynote report, through the tracing of historical materials and the current situation, they explored the spiritual core of the folk belief of the “Three Mountains Kings” and demonstrated the important role played by the “Three Mountains Kings” culture in uniting the hearts of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and promoting communication and exchanges between Chinese and overseas Chinese at home and abroad.
Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawChen Chunsheng: The concept of “protecting the country and assassinating the people” is a common connection and vision for believers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and overseas.
Professor of the Department of History of Sun Yat-sen University, a researcher at the Center for Historical Anthropology Research at Sun Yat-sen University, and also chairman of the Ministry of Education’s History Major Teaching Steering Committee, delivered a keynote report entitled “National Consciousness and the Rise of the Faith of the Three Mountains Kings Since the Song Dynasty.” Chen Chunsheng has been associated with the Sanshan King culture for decades and has traveled all over Guangdong and Taiwan. He has thought deeply about the origin, development and cultural value of the Sanshan King’s folk beliefs. His academic thoughts and research methods have had a profound influence on the academic community.
Chen Chunsheng quoted the explanation of Professor WoBabaylan 1990 cloth drawlfgangKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawFranke), who had taught for a long time in China and Malaysia, pointed out that the so-called “King of the Three MountainsCinema 1950 witch cloth draw“” may be a remains of the ancient Yue Mountain God’s belief in the mountain gods, and it is related to ethnic minority customs. Such beliefs and habits are href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawVolume is not unique to Chaozhou area.
“The central dynasty’s recognition of folk beliefs such as the Sanshan King was a very effective and widely adopted method that the central dynasty in ancient China ruled the southern region.” In his speech, Chen Chunsheng focused on the interaction process between “national consciousness” and civil society. He Babaylan 1990 cloth draw believes that the practice of Song Huizong awarding the “Mingsheng” temple to the “Sanshenshan” temple in Chaozhou is that the national consciousness is under developmentvery typical expression in southern civil society. Many Sanshan King Palaces and Temples in mainland China and Taiwan have plaques with “Protecting the Country and Safeguarding the People” hanging high, revealing the mentality of hope that the gods will maintain a balance between the “country” and the “people” so that both of them can benefit. Folk belief is one of the links between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Many folk belief traditions in mainland China have developed in Taiwan, which has also given people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait more connection and communication fate.
Chen Chunsheng said that although the customs and habits in different parts of China are very different, China has long been a unified country. To determine whether a place understands and accepts the central ideology lies in the extent to which the local scholars and gentry class can consciously interpret local cultural traditions and customs in accordance with the “rituals and laws” of the court.
He emphasized that in traditional Chinese society, “national consciousness” is everywhere and everywhere. In historical and cultural research, only by having a systematic grasp and deep understanding of the national ideology and dynasty rules and regulations can we have a more intimate understanding of the changes in customs and beliefs between local people and the people. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw
Qiu Yangui: The Sanshan King Palace Temple has become an important historical evidence for the study of Taiwan’s immigration history
The Sanshan King Palace Temple has become an important historical evidence for the study of Taiwan’s immigration history and a symbol of the ancestral homes of relatives in Chaoshan and Hakka towns in Taiwan. Qiu Yangui, a professor in the Department of Monumental Art Repair and Repair at the Taiwan University of the Arts, wrote a report titled “The Faith of the King of Sanshan, Taiwan”. He mentioned that Taiwanese believers have more communication with mainland people through the opportunity to go to the Sanshan Ancestral Temple in mainland China.
Qiu Yangui introduced that the phenomenon of the Three Mountains King’s belief in Taiwan is still regarded as a method of identifying Hakka groups in the 21st century, but in his opinion, this overly simple method should be discussed again. He is from the two perspectives of Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw social organization and ethnic relationsWe observe the beliefs of the Sanshan King in Taiwan and summarize them into four types: “guild hall type”, “guest base type”, “anti-ban style” and “chaohui Fulao type”. Among them, the number of “customer-bottom” and “anti-ban style” temples has reached about 80, with the largest size. After Taiwan’s industrialization in the 1970s, more “immigrant-type” temples appeared in the city.
Chen Zhiping: “Great Love” is the core meaning of folk beliefs
Professor Chen Zhiping, Dean of the Institute of Chinese Studies and President of the Chinese Ming History Society, gave a speech entitled “The Cultural Significance of the Faith of Mazu and the Sanshan Kings and Its Inheritance”. He believes that the belief in Mazu and the King of Sanshan are both part of China’s excellent traditional culture, and its core meaning is “urgent to the people”, full of “great love” spirit, and has the function of social education and culture. Folk culture, including the beliefs of Mazu and the Sanshan King, became one of the important channels for the spread of Chinese culture overseas after the 18th century.
WangCinema 1950 witch clothes drawChenfa: Studying the Sanshan King is one of the responsibilities of reviving China
Wang Chen, Dean of the Malaysian Daoli Academy and Distinguished Professor of Communication University of Malaysia, gave a speech entitled “The Social Organization and Educational Function of the Sanshan King Temple in Nanyang”, explaining what kind of transformations the Sanshan King culture has taken place overseas, and how to achieve harmony between change and unchange. He said that the study of the Sanshan King Temple, from the standpoint of national rejuvenation, examines how the Sanshan King Organization in various places constitutes the development, construction and maintenance of society, is one of the responsibilities of future generations and descendants to strive to revive China. Wang Chenfa suggested that the Sanshan King Palace and Temple can do the same thing at home and abroad – acting as a cultural carrier and spreading cultural confidence, and taking root from academic research, and then combining the advantages and characteristics of the Sanshan King culture to achieve good branding, attracting more people to understand the Chinese nation more comprehensively through the Sanshan King. Many new technologies can be used by Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, such as AI, conducting social charity work, participating in local environmental protection activities, etc., and using limited temple space to exert global influence.
CreateSexual transformation and innovative development, scholars have insightful insights
How can the “grassroots” beliefs rooted in the folk achieve creative transformation and innovative development? During the roundtable discussion session of the seminar, the scholars put forward their own opinions.
Xiao Wenping, director and professor of the Hakka Research Institute of Jiaying College of Meizhou, pointed out that as a mountain god and a natural god, the King of Sanshan reflects the Chinese nation’s tradition of respecting nature. His spirit of patriotism, love for the country, protecting villages, and guarding the land has established the concept of hometown for the people, and the spirit of fairness, justice and justice advocated also have important value in the contemporary times.
Xie Guiwen, a professor at Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, believes that folk beliefs are important assets for the country, society, and people, and have survival functions. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawintegrated functions and cognitive functions. Chen Xianbo, a professor at South China Normal University, said that the history of the Three Mountains King is not only a history of folk beliefs, but also a history of regional development, social and economic history, and a history of mutual learning between Chinese history and civilization.
Wu Mengxian, associate professor at Jieyang Vocational and Technical College, said that his investigation found that the people often regard the King of Sanshan as an important social bond in interpersonal communication.
Xiamen University professor Lian Xinhao suggested that the King of Sanshan Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw can also learn from the successful cases of Mazu’s belief in the world, and the two sides of the Taiwan Strait work together.
Chen Zhiping, professor, doctoral supervisor, and dean of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that the Sanshan King should achieve innovative cultural development, and local governments will take the lead in Babaylan 1990 cloth draw promotion cannot be ignored.
Associate Professor Ou Junyong of Hanshan Normal University, shared that as part of Jieyang culture, the King of Sanshan is actually “very vivid”. He has to go to the field to have a real feeling.
Wen Jianqin, associate professor of Hanshan Normal University, said that when he tells students about Chinese cultural history and Chaoshan history and culture, he will use the King of Sanshan as a case to analyze its cultural phenomena, and the students are very interested. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan 1990 cloth draw and developed related cultural and creative products.
Chin Lihua, a professor at Tsinghua University in Taiwan, mentioned that to let young people understand traditional culture, we must make good use of the “discourse” methods of young people such as movies, short videos, music, and comics.
Fujian Normal University Professor Lin Guoping concluded that folk beliefs such as the King of Sanshan are an important part of Chinese traditional culture and were the ancestors who left them. The precious cultural heritage that draw gives us should be cherished very much.
The Sanshan King Culture Documentary Premiere of “From Three Mountains to Four Seas” was also held at the meeting. The documentary team went to Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Sanshan King Palace Temple in Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places in China to communicate with believers and related folk scholars, record the inheritance and changes of the Sanshan King’s sacrificial culture, and show the profound historical, humanistic and social values accumulated over the past thousand years of the Sanshan King’s cultureKomiks 1960 witch clothes draw. [Small Knowledge] Folk Belief Culture of “Sanshan King”
The folk Belief Culture of “Sanshan King” originated from Babaylan 1990 cloth drawEastern Guangdong region, and is now widely spread to Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Its spirit of “protecting the country and safe people, peace and stability” has been respected by the people of all dynasties. Lintian Ancestral Temple, located in Jieyang, Guangdong, is the ancestral temple of the Sanshan King Palace Temple in the world.He was awarded the “Cross-Strait Exchange Base” in 2023.
