略论北京宗教文化的五大特征

与中外著名城市相比,北京宗教文化具有非常鲜明的特点,主要表现在历史传承性、吸纳包容性、多元共存性、中心引领性、民众民俗性等5个方面。原始宗教、道教、佛教、基督教、伊斯兰教在北京长期的演进中,形成了一条完整清晰的发展脉络、演进历程和规律,历史传承性是北京宗教文化的首要特征。外来的宗教文化在与北京传统宗教的碰撞与吸纳中,逐渐融入北京历史文化中,成为重要的组成部分,吸纳包容性是北京宗教文化的特点之一。不同宗教的文化,长期以来在北京荣辱与共、共同发展,形成了多元共存性的特点。北京宗教文化对全国其他城市和地区的影响不容置疑,中心引领性是北京宗教文化的重要特征。在宗教活动融入北京传统文化、日益本土化的进程中,形成了具有区域特色的北京宗教文化,民众民俗性就成为北京宗教文化的又一重要特征。

Five Features of Beijing Religious Culture

Compared with many other cities both at home and abroad,Beijing's religious culture has its five distinct features: historical heredity,assimilation,multi-coexistence,central-guidance,and mass and folk custom.Primitive religions,Taoism,Buddhism,Christianity and Islamism have formed a complete and distinct course of progress in their development in the past.And the historical heredity is the utmost feature of Beijing's religious culture.Foreign religious culture has gradually been absorbed in Beijing's historical culture during its colliding with and being taken over in Beijing's traditional religious culture,and has finally become an important part of it.Assimilation is one feature of Beijing's religious culture.Different religious cultures have been sharing honor or disgrace while multi-coexisting in Beijing.Beijing's religious culture undoubtedly has influences on that of China's other cities and regions,therefore central-guidance is also an important feature of Beijing's religious culture.In the process of religious indigenization,the feature of mass and folk custom becomes another distinct feature of Beijing's religious culture.