台南市的關帝信仰

The Worship of Kuan Di in Tainan City

廖淑芬(LIAO SHU FAN)

指導教授 ： 蔡淵洯

國立臺灣師範大學/文學院/歷史學系在職進修碩士班/碩士(2005年)

摘要

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關鍵字

關羽 ； 信仰 ； 台南市 ； 關帝廟

並列摘要

Kuan, Yu was a famous general in the Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China. After he died, civilians started to build temples in commemoration of him. The government ennobled him posthumously and promoted him to a higher rank of god in recognition of his loyalty, righteousness, courageousness and chivalrousness. Ever since then, he has been worshiped nationwide.
Tainan City is one the earliest developed places in Taiwan, so the cult of Kuan, Yu began to spread from this place. Owing to the government's utmost promulgation, there were quite a number of temples of Kuan, Yu (i.e., Kuan Di Temple) in the Ching Dynasty. Yet the government's religious policies during the Japanese occupation period and the post War II period had tremendous influence on the cult of Kuan, Yu.
Because of the diversified employment backgrounds of Guan, Yu's believers, there are several types of Kuan Di Temple in Tainan City. The government-owned Kuan Di Temple is called "Wu Temple", which serves as a facility for educating civilians through the god's discipline. The military-owned Kuan Di Temple is used to pray for victory in war. The private Kuan Di Temple is a religious belief center to pray for good fortune and avoid misfortune for many who migrated from China and settled down in Taiwan. As for Luan Halls, they are places for local gentry to practice asceticism in order to attain the Confucianism's three forms of immortality -" virtue, achievement and speech".
The change of times has hugely affected development of these types of Kuan Di Temple, in which the private Kuan Di Temple is the only one that remains prosperous and worshiped by the majority of Kuan, Yu's believers through the years.

並列關鍵字

Kuan Yu ； Worship ； Tainan City ； Kuan Di Temple