CAJ | 학술논문

民间信仰祠神是人们内心精神需求的外化，信众群体及相应的社会空间与地方祠神构成了相互依存、相互影响的辩证关系，是以祠神为标志和纽带的地方认同得以培育和维系的基础．本研究将宁波地区鄞县、慈溪、镇海、奉化、象山、定海6县方志中记载的与海洋相关的祠神进行统计，分析海神信仰作为宁波沿海地方标志及其与在区域历史时期社会经济活动和人群融合的关系．本研究认为，民间祠神的“功能”是推动民间祠神传播扩散的主要力量之一，并且是连结迁移人群和本土居民共同心理诉求和维系地方认同的重要纽带．
민간신앙사신시인문내심정신수구적외화，신음군체급상응적사회공간여지방사신구성료상호의존、상호영향적변증관계，시이사신위표지화뉴대적지방인동득이배육화유계적기출．본연구장저파지구은현、자계、진해、봉화、상산、정해6현방지중기재적여해양상관적사신진행통계，분석해신신앙작위저파연해지방표지급기여재구역역사시기사회경제활동화인군융합적관계．본연구인위，민간사신적“공능”시추동민간사신전파확산적주요역량지일，병차시련결천이인군화본토거민공동심리소구화유계지방인동적중요뉴대．
Folk deity is a materialization form of people＇s mind. There are some dialectical relation- ships among believers, social space and folk deity. Often, such relationships are the foundation by which the symbol of place identity and link of people come into being. This paper counts the number of sea deity in the chronicles of six counties in the coastal area of Ningbo including Yin, Cixi, Zhenghai, Fenghua, Xiangshan, Dinghai and the relations between sea deity as the local symbol of the coastal area in Ningbo, social economic activities in history and integration of crowd are analyzed. The paper argues that the function of folk ancestor deity is a knot of not only combining the psychologi- cal demands both for emigration and local people, but also maintaining the place identity. At the same time, the function is one of the important powers which promote the spreading of folk deity faith.