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Ritual and Belief: a Case Study of the Consecration Ritual in Guanyin Temple of Xiaochuan, a Yi Nationality Village of Weishan County, Dali, Yunnan Province

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DOI: 10.23977/ieesasm.2019.415

Author(s)

Yang Luo

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Yang Luo

ABSTRACT

the Consecration Ritual is an Important Religious Activity in Which Human Communicates with the God. between the Worship of Statues and the Demands of Villagers, the Taoist Who Presides over the Ritual is the Bridge between Human and the God. from the Perspective of Sacredness, Statues and Tributes Are Endowed with Symbolic Significance through the Ritual of Consecration. from the Perspective of Secularity, Tributes and Statues Express People's Demands in Real Life through Worshiping and Consecration. the Acquisition of This Sense of Ceremony Embodies the Mutual Construction and Interaction between the Sacred and the Profane, and Expresses the Sanctity of the Traditional Religious Beliefs of the Yi People.

KEYWORDS

Ritual, Belief, Yi Nationality

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