Journal paper

Issue No.	No. 46
Title	The Change of Chi-Miao(祠廟) Policy during the Song Dynasty and Local Community: Focusing on the Fuzhou(福州) Region
Author	Kim Sang-bum
Page	141-168
Abstract	The government of Song Dynasty basically opened the Register of Sacrifices(祀典), and tried to absorb the popular cults into the institutional system using license systems of “the Granting of Titles(封號)”. Therefore the Chi-Miaos(祠廟) of each locale changed as to fit to the standards of government and requested the license of the government, and the government embraced the Popular Cults on the basement of the State ritual system. 　　From Wudai period to Song period, the number of titles granted to the ChiMiao of Fuzhou(福州) is about 20% of them had granted on the period of Min Dynasty; Wang Shen Zhi(王審知), the founder of Min Dynasty(閩朝), who was originally from emigrants, needed to be integrated with existing forces so took an active appeasement policy towards the popular cults of the natives. The most remarkable period of the title granting of Chi-Miao in Song Period is from 1127 to 1160, when the Southern Song had established, and 50% of titles granted to the Chi-Miao of Fuzhou are been given on that period. Fujian Province(福建) achieved relatively rapid development in many of frames including economics, politics, or social structure on the moment, and earned an appreciation as the vicinity of capital area since the capital is moved to Hangzhou(杭州) after the Southern Song(南宋) is established. Actually in order to maintain stable ruling ability of a government, symbolic formal ceremonies are also important, beside of physical capacity. From this point of view, the policy change of Song government to appeasement policy about the religious issues was to reinforce the controls for the districts, embracing social ceremonial occasions of basic society.
Keyword	Fuzhou(福州), Popular Cults, Register of Sacrifices, Licentious Cults, The Granting of Titles
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