Analysis of the Cultural Connotation of Taoist Ritual Literature in the Northern Dynasty

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10.2991/iccese-17.2017.68How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Northern Dynasty; Taoist ritual; cultural connotation

Abstract

The study of Taoist ritual literature is about the literature content related to the ritual, literature restrict the development of ritual literature, the ritual also determines the characteristics of ritual literature, and the two are interdependent and mutually restrictive. Taoist ritual literature in the Northern Dynasties as an important factor of the development of literature and Taoism in the Northern Dynasties, has the dual value in both religion and literature, thus deserves further study. This paper focuses on the classification and exploration of the cultural connotations of the Taoist ritual literature in the Northern Dynasties, indicate it use a unique expression to described the grand welcome scene when the gods "came down to the earth" through the dialogue with the gods, expressed the expectations and wishes for a prosperous country and peaceful people, so as to achieve the purpose of dispel misfortune for human.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Mengmeng Zhou
PY  - 2017/05
DA  - 2017/05
TI  - Analysis of the Cultural Connotation of Taoist Ritual Literature in the Northern Dynasty
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Culture, Education and Financial Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 262
EP  - 264
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccese-17.2017.68
DO  - 10.2991/iccese-17.2017.68
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