近代安徽自然灾害与乡民的习俗信仰

安徽历史上自然灾害极其频繁,近代以降更是连年不断,灾荒过后往往是饥民遍野,疫病肆虐,并使经济凋敝、社会动荡不安,从而导致是民间迷信风气泛滥,近代安徽乡民的习俗信仰主要包括含有许多不科学成分和不合理因素的各种农事民俗,浓郁的祈神求丰的宗教信仰,以及愚昧落后的文化生活,这些习俗信仰正是大灾之后乡民精神上荒芜的体现。

Natural Disasters in Modern Anhui and Customs and Beliefs of Villagers

Anhui had extremely frequent natural disasters in history,especially in its modern times.After disasters,there were hungry people,raging epidemics,economic depression and social unrest everywhere,which led to the flourish ethos of folk superstition.The modern customs and beliefs of Anhui villagers were mainly including all kinds of farming folk customs with many unscientific ingredients and unreasonable factors,religious beliefs of praying God for the abundance and ignorant and backward cultural lives.These customs and beliefs just reflected the barren spirits of villagers after big natural disasters.