牛埔社區居民「遊覽」活動之研究

Abstract

在臺灣，「遊覽」是一項蔚為風尚的活動。浸於民間信仰普遍的氛圍下，這類活動多半含有宗教觀光成分在內。一般大眾則依其宗教特性，將遊覽活動泛稱為進香團，並予以老人、三跪九叩、鑽轎底等刻板印象。本文以文化人類學角度為基礎，透過田野文本分析、實際參與牛埔社區居民的遊覽活動、與參與者進行對談，深描遊覽活動的風貌並勾勒出社區居民與遊覽間的關係。最後發現，遊覽並不為進香，而是基於共享的信仰價值、地緣、血緣關係，透過人際網絡串聯聚集而成，且富有社交性質的休閒活動；活動中的宗教活動，僅作為穿針引線的線頭，牽動遊覽活動的舉辦，帶出牛埔社區居民相互友愛的關懷之情，形塑出這群人的集體意識，他們在活動過程中的交流往來，不僅豐富彼此的心靈，更成為牛埔社區居民樂此不疲的休閒形式。

In Taiwan, Sightseeing Activity is a popular leisure. Owing to folk religion, this kind of activities is composed of religion and leisure. Most of people always consider that the activity is equal to pilgrimage activity, and giving some stereotypes of elderly people, grand kowtow and so on. This study based on Cultural Anthropology. In terms of research methods, I used the text analysis, participatory observation, depth interviews. Attempts to record the Sightseeing activity and construct the relationship between the residents of Niu-Pu community and sightseeing activity. As a result, sightseeing activity is a social activity, not a pilgrimage activity. Base on shared belief, geographical relationship and blood relationship, they get together by social network and desire to find social support and self-value. Religion is just a medium, let the residents of Niu-Pu could join the sightseeing activity, then interact with other people and construct collective consciousness through the medium. Sightseeing activity becomes a form of leisure to people who lives in Niu-Pu community.