Spatial Overlay and Benefit Integration:History,Legend and Social Metaphor of Mount Wutai's Five Gods Belief
The belief of Five Masters belongs to the belief of Dragon King in Mount Wutai District.The Five Lord Faith is not only a product of the combination of traditional Chinese Five Dragon Thought and the Dragon King Culture of Buddhism,but also the result of the continuous integration of Buddhism,an orthodox religion,with folk beliefs in localization practice.It also reflects the strategic prac-tice of two-way interaction between national power and civil society.The juxtaposition of Buddhist beliefs and folk beliefs in Mount Wutai District is an important embodiment of the integrity and inclusiveness of Chinese traditional culture.The formation and develop-ment of Mount Wutai's belief system has also become a successful case of achieving civilization mutual learning in Chinese cultural ex-changes and exchanges.
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