In Taiwan folk beliefs, the god’s headwear was a usual accessory. The current research studied the gods’ headwears of five famous gods: Tou-Dih-Gung (earth god)，Shyuarn-Tian-Shahng-Dih (god of Northern Heavens), Matsou (goddess of navigation), Bau-Shen-Dah-Dih (god of the medical divination), Wou-Fu-Wang’ye (five gods who save people from plagues) in Tainan. In addition, in culture perspective to explain the phenomena of〝The God’s Headwears〞, the appearance, transformation and symbolizations.
On the beginning, this article discussed tracing of 〝the origin of the God’s Headwears Culture〞which came from Mainland China. Each God developed independently belief mode from different original belief backgrounds. From religious perspective, copy the system of human society, the believers tended to put more headwears as decorations and formed 〝The God’s Headwears Culture〞 phenomena in Mainland China. The second part of the study discussed 〝the period before Taiwan Restoration〞. In the developing migrant society, the religious objects changed by the social changes. The prosperous economics also affected the god’s headwears to have different design. It constructed〝 The God’s Headwears Culture〞phenomena of the period of Pre-Taiwan Restoration in Tainan City . The third section of this study , the article studied the current situation in Tainan city. The reformation of society and religious objects in recent years caused the change of god’s headwears again, therefore it developed the phenomena of 〝The Current God’s Headwears Culture in Tainan City”.In summary, the article analyzed the external encounter of heterogeneous culture by〝diffusing〞 and 〝borrowing〞as well as the internal generation of〝 culture heritage〞 and〝 independent invention〞, which acculturation established the unique God’s Headwears Culture in Tannan city. This also explained the significance of the God’s Headwears Culture in politics, society, economics, handcrafts and folk beliefs.
