| 英文摘要 |
The main theme of this thesis is about the social change in the history of Dalin, and the process of how Dalin people constructed their religious belief. My ethnography is based on the fieldwork in all the village-temples in Dalin. The methodology of this research shall be focused on the sphere of an interpretive approach of historical and social anthropology.At first, I will state the history the history image and events about Dalin; secondly, investigating the temples in this area. Finally I try to analyze the social change and development in Dalin from the very beginning till now, especially in culture and religion. I will discuss the competition between Dalin and its neighborhood, including the main temples and others in the area. To compare the influence from these temples and their history, we can get very interesting results: Dalin does not have its own major god（主神）. Without one major god in this area, even the temple （安霞宮）on the old street can control only three villages, in spite that the whole area has 21 villages. The main outside religious powers are divided into three parts, maybe four to five parts in the past. I visited these places outside Dalin for three years and suggest that these temples with their gods outside Dalin should be respected together with those in Dalin area. These gods are Six-House-Ma-Tsu (六房媽), Three-Mountain-King（三山國王）, Kuan-In and Ma-tsu in Ming-Shiung（民雄大士爺、慶成宮媽祖）and so on, still with very great infulances in Dalin area from the beginning. |
