2.2.2 Regional Identification
The folk-custom activities have service capacity of regional identification、social integration for the locality, and they could enhance internal unity and promote external relations so as to further strengthen the local economy. Professor Wang mingming said, “Ancestor worship and region worship are the same as local social organizations which serve community's internal unity and external relations.”, “Looked from a local society, the folk religious rite probably plays a positive role in the modernization process: (1) promote the local social relations; (2) drill social competition. Furthermore, the folk religion is an extension of modernization process, it is not t毕业论文http://www.youerw.comhe backwardness, and it is related with the emergence of the folk commercial spirits.”
“Folk worship and ceremony revival have reflected the reappearance of folk community and family identity in modernization process”. “Folk religion revival is promoting mutually with folk social network revival in modernization process.
In our society, Long Mu Cultural Faith is widespread to Hong Kong and Macao and other area. The local government and some Long Mu Faith’s organizations hold some ceremonial activities to strengthen the social unity, expand the social relations, maintain the social sentiment, and promote the social economy union with everywhere Chinese people.
2.2.3 Amusement
The folk custom activities could enliven cultural life, increase pleasures and build positive sentiments of the residents.
In the real life, Long Mu Faith’s activities have a strong atmosphere of entertainment, even in the sacrificial rite. Temple fair is a combination of behavior’s and sentiment’s culture, including sacrificial rites, theatrical performances, local foods, commercial occasions, folklores, costumes, tourism projects, folk toys, handicrafts, etc. As was mentioned above, local people would regularly hold sacrificial rites that are consecrated to the memory of Long Mu. There are various sorts of tour souvenirs for sale in selling departments, such as Long Mu protective talisman, Long Mu protective card, Long Mu key buckles, etc.
Relying on Long Mu Cultural Faith, these tour commodities emerged as temple fair’s need. And other competitive activities like Loong-Boat Race, Loong Dance Race, etc., which harmonize perfectly with methods and actions that we are in pursuit of peace, well-being, and regular, joyous, and lively life. Therefore, these traditional customs are passed down today. And we must not ignore the tide of various kinds of folk dramas and oral literatures that stem from Long Mu Cultural Faith. The amusement service capacity of Long Mu Cultural Faith is also well matched with people’s aesthetic consciousness, which cultivate people initial esthetic sense and aesthetic consciousness, and it is frequent filled with positive, upward spirit and becomes the South China people's unique entertainment form.
2.2.4 Practicability
From the point of view of the practicability service capacity, naissance and succession of folk custom, folk custom is associated with its utility value, so do Long Mu Cultural Faith. It’s undeniable that Long Mu Faith custom exist many unscientific thoughts; even it has ignorant and superstitious contents, which, however, are being considered to be practical significance among the local folk, in other words, in many general respects, the act of Long Mu cultural faith custom is because people want to have a delight, healthy and prosperous life. Long Mu Cultural Faith acted as an unconscious historical production in its formative period. But it was gradually penetrated the consciousness when it have been developed.
Actually, the main purpose of Long Mu Cultural Faith lies in that people want take advantage from folk custom for their productive work and daily life. Therefore, we can conclude that Long Mu Cultural Faith activity is a purposive action that provides a positive ideology basis for inheritance and development of a series of faith customs.
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