从孤山妈祖信仰看神的再标准化

基于美国人类学家詹姆斯.沃森（James L.Watson）在20世纪80年代对中国南方沿海地区妈祖信仰研究,提出的＂神的标准化＂理论。依据对辽宁省孤山镇的妈祖信仰调查,证实该地区近代史上曾出现过同样的＂神的标准化＂过程。而在当代,妈祖信仰再度被赋予新的政治意涵,继续＂标准化＂着当地信仰空间,这种现象可称为＂神的再标准化＂。

The Restandardization of the Gods from the Perspective of Mazu Belief in Gushan Town

American anthropologist James L.Watson has proposed a famous concept——standardizing the gods——which was based on the research of the Mazu Belief in the south coast area of China in the 1980s.In this article,according to the field work about the Mazu Belief in Gushan town,Liaoning province,the author confirmed that there had been the same process of ＂standardizing the gods＂ in the modern history of Gushan Town.In the contemporary era,endowed with a new political connotation once again,the Mazu Beliefcontinue ＂standardizing＂ the local belief space.This phenomenon is called ＂restandardizing the gods＂.