TITLE:
From “Jardin en Miniature” to Eco-Culture: An Insight of Taishan Belief Culture in Sinology Studies during the Late 19th and 20th Centuries
AUTHORS:
Fen Tian
KEYWORDS:
Taishan Belief, Eco-Culture, Sinology
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.10,
October
27,
2021
ABSTRACT: Sinology studies have focused on the study of Taishan Belief Culture when
their writers were studying Taishan culture. A historical record shows that
this focus varies due to the authors’ knowledge of Dongyue Dadi and Bixia
Yuanjun beliefs which are regarded as the major beliefs in Taishan culture.
However different, the theme of the belief described is similar as they all
reflect the relationship between human and nature, which can be regarded as an
aspect of eco-culture study. This paper firstly illustrates how these sinology
studies describe the two major beliefs about Taishan; then analyzes how they
are related to eco-culture, and finally provides a conclusion that not only are
the two beliefs closely related to eco-culture but they reflect a harmonious existence
between human and nature from the records of foreign cultural literature.