A Historical Investigation on the Overseas Spread of Fujian Religious Beliefs and Culture during the Ming and Qing Dynasties
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Fujian religious beliefs and culture spread to Southeast Asia,Ryukyu,Japan and other countries on a large scale,becoming an important symbol of the overseas spread of Chinese traditional culture.This spread was mainly based on the historical background of Fujian's overseas immigration and was achieved through the"incarnation"or"incense"of the gods worshipped by immigrants in their ancestral places.The way of spreading was roughly consistent with the migration route of Fujian overseas immigrants.After the main folk gods from coastal areas of Fujian were spread overseas with immigrants,they gradually formed a series of overseas cultural circles,showing the characteristics of ancestral god belief,blood ancestor worship,practical utilitarianism,and multi-integration.Overseas Fujian immigrants actively created various temples of their ancestral places in their places of residence and participated in various religious beliefs of their relatives.They played an irreplaceable historical role in actively promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries,maintaining the unity of overseas Chinese society,protecting the basic rights and interests of overseas Chinese,and forming a strong cohesion and cultural identity of the Chinese nation,and had a far-reaching impact.
History of the Ming and Qing DynastiesFujianreligious beliefimmigrationoverseas spread
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