信仰为界——19世纪妈祖崇拜与马来半岛南洋华人群体认同变迁  

Beliefs Become Boundaries:Matsu Cult in the 19th Century and the Identity Transition of Nanyang Chinese in Malay Peninsula

作　　者：焦洋 Yang JIAO(Department of Ethnology and Anthropology,School of Ethnology and Sociology,Minzu University of China,Beijing,100081)

机构地区：[1]Department of Ethnology and Anthropology,School of Ethnology and Sociology,Minzu University of China,Beijing,100081

出　　处：《Journal of the Chinese Nation Studies》2023年第3期78-103,共26页中华民族共同体研究（英文）

摘　　要：Lasting until this day,Matsu culture has occupied its unique position in the long river of history with its endless vitality.The lengthy historical development of Matsu culture is accompanied by the immigration waves of Chinese,and their awakening of awareness for modern country and ethnicity;and the 19th century is the period for Matsu believers in Nanyang to transit from a group with shared business,dialect,and geological position to an ethnicity group with shared culture identity.This article explores the dynamic transition of the boundary of Matsu believers in Nanyang Chinese society by analyzing a variety of materials,including memoirs written by missionaries of London Missionary Society who went to Nanyang for preaching in the early 19th century as well as periodicals they founded there,remains of inscriptions written in Chinese dating back from middle to late 19th century,and Nanyang newspapers and publications written in Chinese at the end of 19th century.It finds that during that process,the transition of Matsu worship is closely linked to the transition of Nanyang Chinese society and corresponds to the gradual formation of awareness of country and ethnicity among Nanyang Chinese.

关 键 词：Matsu worship Malay peninsula Nanyang Chinese group identity nation state 

分 类 号：B933[哲学宗教—宗教学] D634[政治法律—政治学]