Three fields of of Guan Yin belief there are,Buddhism,folk belief and folk religion,the study of the last is the weakest.Based on folk religion classics and documents,the Article dialectically analyzes the complicated relation between Guan Yin belief and the Infinite Mother belief,expounds and proves the Guan Yin belief in folk religion.Guan Yin belief in Buddhism and folk belief positively influenced the generation of Guan Yin belief in folk religion and the interaction between Guan Yin belief and the Infinite Mother belief.The article analyzes the religious attributes and meanings of Guan Yin belief in folk religion and explores the motivation and influence of its generation from the aspects of name and image,mercy and wisdom,state and cultivation,status and divine power etc.with the reference of Guan Yin belief in Buddhism and folk belief.
