Abstract
A Study about the culture of gods and ghosts in Taiwanese Proverbs
Taiwanese proverbs are the essence of ancestors¡¦ wisdom and experiences. Because of speaking and listening these proverbs, we can preserve them. As we know, the proverb is part of folk literature, mass literature, and it is one of the ways people show their emotions and knowledge. So, undoubtedly, the proverbs demonstrate all kinds of experiences and thoughts.
The belief in gods and ghosts plays a very important role in folk religion in Taiwan. We can say that the belief in gods and ghosts is the root of folk religion. All concepts and ceremonies of Taiwanese folk religion are based on the belief in gods and ghosts. This study discusses the religious culture of Taiwanese proverbs, and it is based on the belief in gods and ghosts. So this study is entitled ¡§A Study about the culture of gods and ghosts in Taiwanese Proverbs¡¨.
The first chapter is the introduction, and the second chapter talks about the belief in ghosts of Taiwanese proverbs. The third chapter discusses the belief in gods of Taiwanese proverbs. The fourth chapter is the conclusion. In the end of this study, there are about 450 Taiwanese religious proverbs as the index, including Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, ghosts, gods, and the decree of fate and so on. I hope these proverbs present the contribution for the searchers having interest in this topic.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0128104-142925 |
| Date | 28 January 2004 |
| Creators | Wang, Chung-hsien |
| Contributors | Andre Sheu, Ching-hsun Lin, Mie-Chin Tsai |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0128104-142925 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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