一山而五頂：多學科、跨方域、多文化視野中的五臺信仰研究國際學術研討會=An International Conference The Mountain of Five Plateaus： Studies of The Wutai Cult in Multidisciplinary and Transborder/Cultural Approaches
出版日期
2015.07
出版者
山西省佛教協會
出版地
山西, 中國 [Shanxi, China]
資料類型
會議論文=Proceeding Article
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
主辦方: Buddhist association of Shanxi Province 山西省佛教協會 作者單位：University of Oxford=英國牛津大學
摘要
Wuye (五爺), the Dragon King in Wuyemiao, Wanfoge used to be a local god who was in charge of rainfall and the weather and is said to be particularly concerned with the local people of Wutaishan. It has been a common practice for Buddhists to cooperate local spirits into Buddhist pantheon when Buddhism reached a new culture. However, the Wuye became popular as late as the early twentieth century, two millenniums after the mountain’s association with Buddhism. Nowadays, he can be considered as one of the most popular deities in Wutaishan and is believed to possess the ability to grant any wishes of the pilgrims. The Mongols know the Wuye of Wutaishan more popularly as the Black Mañjuśrī, which is one of the deities venerated by the Mongol pilgrims to the holy Mountain in the past. Since the Mongols’ resume of pilgrimages to Wutaishan after the Cultural Revolution, the deity became more and more popular among the Inner Mongols. One can find an image (usually picture) of the deity on the Buddhist alters of families even in the countryside. When you ask who the deity is, people would reply either Black Mañjuśrī or Wuye. When you ask where they are obtained, they would tell you invariably that the image was from Wutaishan either brought by themselves or by their relatives who went for pilgrimage there. People often inform you earnestly that “the first thing you have to do after arriving Wutaishan is to pay homage to the Black Mañjuśrī, then he would protect you for the duration of your stay on the mountain. Furthermore, the last thing you do on the mountain before leaving is to again pay homage to the deity as he then will protect you all the way to the threshold of their homes”. This paper explores the reasons for the increasing emphasis on the deity of Wuye on Wutaishan based on Mongolian perception of the deity, folk tales, lama’s writings and the actual practices of the deity in support of the argument that certain Mongolian Buddhist notions of the Black Mañjuśrī has contributed to popularization of this deity.
