佛山北帝显圣传说及其文本形象

北帝是＂北方真武玄天上帝＂的简称,而佛山民众则亲切地称之为＂北帝公、大父母＂。供奉着北帝神祗的佛山祖庙大约始建于北宋元丰年间,自宋代伊始,特别是在元明清时期,有关北帝显圣的传说,或者是与之有关的灵异传说,在历代地方叙事文本中多有记载。随着时代的变迁和显圣传说的深入人心,北帝形象也随之发生变迁。北帝形象嬗变的过程,是与佛山士绅、民众的造神运动如影随形的。它一方面反映出不同时期佛山民众的信仰和心理需求,另一方面反映的是佛山地方社会发展的自我调适。

The Magical Legends and Images of Foshan Pak Tai in Narrative Books

Pak Tai is the abbreviation of ＂Beifang Zhenwu Xuantian Shangdi＂ in Chinese,and it also has many other names such as ＂Shangdi Gong＂, ＂Di Gong Ye＂,etc.People in Foshan named him affectionately as ＂Pak Tai Gong,Big Parents＂.Pak Tai temple in Foshan was built in Yuanfeng Year of the Northern Song Dynasty to enshrine and worship the God.From that time on,especially in the Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties,there were many records of supernatural legends about the God in the local narrative books.With the change of the times and the supernatural legends being deeply rooted among the people,the image of Pak Tai changed too.The change of its image was accompanied with the process of God making movement at the same time with the influence by the gentry and people in Foshan.The whole thing reflects the belief and psychological needs in the people on the one side and the development of local social adjustment in Foshan on the other side.