| dc.description.abstract | Weixin Shengjiao is an emerging religious group which takes Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism as its benchmark, has become quite active and highly visible in Taiwan in recent years. It advocates the integration of religions. The mission is to revive and advance of Chinese cultural orthodoxy as well as promote world peace. It propagates the Yijing divination and the Fengshui in Chinese speaking countries and overseas Chinese society. In Taiwan, it established dojos in various places for teaching religious classics and rituals. It propagates the Yi Jing divination and the Fengshui in Chinese speaking countries and overseas Chinese society. In Taiwan, Weixin Shengjiao established dojos in various places for teachings, religious classics, and rituals. Its sacred healing practice of feng shui and religious beliefs is unique within the emerging religious world. It becomes popular worldwide and attracts more and more people from folk religion.
This research adopts the semi-structured interview method and participatory observation method of ＂qualitative research＂. The results indicated that it is difficult to spreading emerging religious in Qionglin because of the cultural, environmental backgrounds, and Hakka beliefs of in this area, such as the dragon vein originated, the rituals of dragon in the ancestral temple or ancestral hall, and the Fengshui concepts including the worship of the dragon god, the clan’s search for dragons, the establishment of ancestral towers (Da Feng Shui), and the worship of ancestors. Most of them inherit folk religious beliefs and family ancestor worship models, and follow the opinions of family heads or elders.
Early, Christianity regarded Hakka as a hard-to-reach area of the gospel. It used to vigorously promote the myth of Hakka language missions. With the popularization of education, everyone speaks Mandarin. The Hakka language is gradually lost in the younger generation. Instead, they mainly communicate in Mandarin and Hokkien. The gradual loss of mother tongue and other potential changes, as well as the mandaring Chinese dominant communication. Hakka dialect is not an obstacle to the religious propaganda in Hakka area. On the contrary, the local folk beliefs and Hakka Fengshui are worthy of deep consideration and integration.
Early, Christianity regarded Hakka as a hard-to-reach area of the gospel. It used to vigorously promote the myth of Hakka language missions. With the popularization of education, everyone speaks Mandarin. The Hakka language is gradually lost in the younger generation. Instead, they mainly communicate in Mandarin and Hokkien. The gradual loss of mother tongue and other potential changes, as well as the mandaring Chinese dominant communication. Hakka dialect is not an obstacle to the religious propaganda in Hakka area. On the contrary, the local folk beliefs and Hakka Fengshui are worthy of deep consideration and integration. | en_US |