河湟地区民间信仰的地域特征

河湟地区是一个开发历史较早的多民族地区。在这一区域除了藏传佛教、伊斯兰教等宗教信仰外，还有较多浓郁的民间信仰。对整个河湟社会产生了深刻的影响。本文从青海地方文献记载的祠庙统计入手，分祈了河湟地区民间信仰的类型、分布、地域特点及其成因。

Regional Characteristics of Folk Belief in Qinghai's Hehuang Areas

Hehuang area is a multi-ethnic area with a long development history, lying in the eastern of Qinghai Province, in which,besides Tibetan Buddhism and Islamism, there are also comparative developed folk belief and its transmission in folk which has an important effect on the whole Hehuang area. Although Hehuang area is located in the border area of Northwest China, it has shown that the system of folk belief is very numerous that all kinds of shrines distributes in all over of Hehuang area since from Ming Dynasty. Embarking on documentary such as Qinghai local chronicles, this article analyses the kings, region characteristics and forming reason of folk belief in Hehuang arca.