本論文以「臺灣漢人信仰中用香與香火觀之解析」為研究主題。 燒香拜拜是臺灣漢人之民間信仰中的特色,透過香,民眾向祖先與鬼神傳達心中的祈願與訊息,香在信仰中扮演人與鬼神之間的橋梁。由秦漢以來,漢人對於香使用,衍生出獨特的「香火觀」之傳承意志,漢人重視「香火」的延續,其方式是藉由不斷延綿子嗣的方式達成。 主要分五個章節:第一章為緒論,其中包含了研究動機與研究目的、文獻回顧以及章節架構。第二章則為香的歷史脈絡之探討,由世界古文明談起,並由藉《舊約聖經》、《新約聖經》談及西方基督信仰的用香概況,而後進入漢人的用香歷史,由先秦開始,乃至臺灣二次大戰後,由明清開始主要研究對象為臺灣之漢人的用香概況。第三章與第四章為本論文研究重點,經由觀察臺灣民間信仰中的用香概況而衍生出漢人社會中的獨特香火觀。第五章綜合論文各章節的探討而做出結論。
This thesis takes the of “The Use of incense burners and the concept of incense in the religious life of Han Chinese in Taiwan”. In Taiwan, One of the characteristics of religious is used incense burners.People use of incense burners to communicate with the gods and ancestry . The concept of incense derives from use of incense burners , and the meaning is symbolic of the “heirs for many generations” and “generation and generation”. There are five chapters in thesis. The first chapter is prolegomenon, comprised of research motive, research purpose, literature Review and chapter construction. The second chapter is incense history. The second chapter is Han Chinese Use of incense burners in folk beliefs,and The fourth chapter is Han Chinese’s concept of incense.The fifth chapter is the conclusion and suggestion.