The Cultural Connotation of Dragon God Belief in the Tao State in Ming and Qing Dynasties

摘要

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, because of Han, Tibetan, Hui nations and other nations in Tao state migrating and aggregating, it constitutes development pattern of the diverse people in the region and religious culture coexisting and interacting. In historical development and social vicissitude, different ethnic groups based on the development demand of symbiotic complementarity and the psychological appeal of interactive integration, have realized the construction of faith on the basis of maintaining certain cultural differences. The dragon belief widespread in Tao state, both reflects the culture of the Han immigrants' recalling to the origin, and the real social scene between Han with and the local Tibetans, Hui nationality cultural exchange and fusion. This kind of super-ethnic and trans-regional folk sacrificial activities have played down the ethnic consciousness of each ethnic group, while have highlighted the common national identity of all ethnic groups.