{"id":2341,"date":"2015-03-11T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T07:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2015-03-11T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T09:14:13","slug":"miaohui-religion-organizations-and-village-consciousness-living-experiences-of-urban-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=2341","title":{"rendered":"Miaohui, Religion Organizations and Village Consciousness: Living Experiences of Urban Villagers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qing-Zhong Sun<\/strong>
\nThe Department of Sociology\u00a0China Agricultural University<\/p>\n

Based on fieldwork and literature, this paper aims to explain the intrinsic relations between folk organizations and village consciousness through comparing two religious organizations located in two villages. Prior to the urbanization of Beijing, Gucheng Village and Xibeiwang Village were located in the suburbs of the city, but since the extension of Beijing in the 1990s, these villages have become part of the wider city. Although the border of the former village can still be found, and there is only Guandi temple left to identify the latter, the members of these two village-based religious organizations still practice the tradition of Caijie(\u8e29\u8857)and pilgrimage to mountain Miao-feng Shan. Moreover, with the effect of periodical Miaohui and reliving the memories of past village life through participating in the activities of religious organizations, urban villagers have intensified their common village consciousness, instead of experiencing spiritual loss or psychological depression. There are two reasons for this, one is that rituals of folk culture have awaken urban villagers to the history of themselves and their communities, the other is that they have been reorganized and motivated by a common goal in the process of Urban Village Renewal and the Intangible Cultural Heritage conservation declaration. It can be safely concluded that religious organizations in those two villages symbolize not only the daily life in the past, but it also help reawaken the village history as well as cultural tradition and memory.<\/p>\n

Keywords: Miaohui, religious organizations, urban villagers, village consciousness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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