GAO Xiao-yan. Mazu Fiesta: the Body Image of Traditional Belief Culture in Coastal Areas. [J]. Journal of University of Jinan(Social Science Edition) 25(6):34-37(2015)
GAO Xiao-yan. Mazu Fiesta: the Body Image of Traditional Belief Culture in Coastal Areas. [J]. Journal of University of Jinan(Social Science Edition) 25(6):34-37(2015)DOI:
Mazu Fiesta: the Body Image of Traditional Belief Culture in Coastal Areas
Mazu Fiesta is regarded as the typical and intuitive reflection of Mazu belief which is a part of people’s spiritual life and folk culture from the perspective of its structure. The mode of binding similar to the body-image mode leads to another meaning in the symbolic domain ontology of the ceremony. After Mazu became Godhead from human
motherhood turned into a symbol of warmth
love and a sense of security from maternal love
which can help to reduce the hardships of coastal residents while go sailing and also correspond to true human nature thus spreading to today’s folk heritage. From the point of view of connotation
Mazu is a totem of Chinese civilization extending to marine exploration
and its optimistic
enterprising and tolerant spirits fully fit theessence of contemporary value and humanistic ideas
and can also reshape the cultural space of coastal townsand promote the communication between two sides of the Taiwan Straits.