A Study on Historical Dynamics of the Religious Network Formation in Fujian and Taiwan.

本研究旨在从史学的角度探讨东南中国、闽台三地寺庙宗教网络形成的基本意义。本研究主要从三个主题搜集资料，深入了解其内容：1)搜集和阅读当地寺庙史料和地方仪式专家的资料，例如最近出版或直接收集的照片和复制品等地方寺庙铭文和礼仪文献；2)为了了解当地寺庙网络的个案，3)将每一案例置于更广泛的宏观历史语境中，以弄清影响寺庙网络形成和发展的正反两方面的历史因素。因此，笔者选取了福建海州沿海地区的两座地方性寺庙，一座是仙城煌苗族城神庙，另一座是厦门市新疆村的邱氏正顺公庙。最后，主要对各种寺庙铭文、儒道礼仪资料、地方志以及当地学者最近撰写的报道进行了分析本研究还原了寺庙活动的历史动态，认为清末民初和1990年后两个时代，地方寺庙之间的宗教和经济网络在狭隘的政治边界之外发挥着作用，过去和现在都是比较明显和生动的。

This Study aims to investigate the fundamental importance of religious network formation among local temples in Southeast China, Fujian province and Taiwan from historical viewpoint.There are three main themes to which this study makes great efforts to collect materials and understand its contents in depth.1) To collect and read materials of local temple histories and local ritual specialists, for example, such as local temple inscriptions and ritual documents which had recently published or were collected photos and copies directly2) In order to understand individual cases of local temple networks, to select and make historical investigation on few typical temples which are until now maintaining its network to Taiwan and Southeast Asia.3) To put each case studies into broader macro historical contexts, in order to make clear positive or negative historical factors influencing on the temple network formation and its development.As a result, I selected two local temples located in coastal area of Haichneg Prefecture Fujian Province, one is Xian Chenghuang Miao prefectural city god temple, another is Zhengshun Gong Temple of Qiu lineage at Xinjiang Villqage near Amoy City.Depending mainly on the various kind of temple inscriptions, Confucian and Taoist ritual materials, Local Gazetteers and recent reports written by local scholars, this study has restored the historical dynamics of temple activities, concluded that two eras, late Qing to early Republican and after 1990, religious and economic networks functioning between local temples beyond narrow political boundaries were and are relatively evident and vivid.