A Summary of Researches on Folk Beliefs of the Han Dynasty since the 1980s

Folk belief is a hot research topic in the academic circle in recent years.But the achievements of the study on the folk belief of the Han Dynasty are relatively fewer,because of the lack of the related historical materials and appropriate theoretical guidance.In the recent 30 years the researches of the cultural and history circle in this field are mostly concerned with several basic objects of the folk belief such as the West Queen belief,Fu Xi and Nv Wa belief,Witch belief,Deity belief,early folk Buddhism believes and Taoism belief.Even though some achievements have been made in the previous study,some insufficiencies still need to be concerned.The comprehensive research and the systematic research on the folk belief of the Han Dynasty should be put emphasis on henceforth,especially the regional Deity and its cultural function.By using the related multidisciplinary theories and methods for references,we should not only know the cause of the problem of the research on the folk belief in the Han Dynasty,but also explore the cause's cause.