戰後(1945~2007)台灣西南地區蜈蚣閣之發展

Abstract

本研究分成五章來論述，除了緒論和結論外，另外分成三章來探討。第二章為台灣西南地區之開發與廟會活動，先從漢人移入台灣的拓墾區域來比較南部和中、北部有何不同，南部在自然、人文、社會環境上有何特色，進而談述台灣西南部聚落的形成與變遷，街庄和市街的發展；再敘述台灣西南地區有蜈蚣閣之寺廟的廟會活動及其歷史沿革、供奉的神明、祭典活動及特殊的信仰及儀式。第三章為台灣西南地區蜈蚣閣之演變，敘述蜈蚣閣的起源及其變遷、傳入台灣的發展情形、盛行原因和分佈地點，歷經日治及戰後的演變經過；並針對台灣西南地區有蜈蚣閣廟宇其所屬之蜈蚣閣的歷史淵源來比較各宮廟的蜈蚣閣發展與盛衰。第四章為台灣西南地區蜈蚣閣之活動與組裝，從宮廟神明的遶境、陣頭活動來談論各團蜈蚣閣的組閣過程、佈局、型態、戲碼、禁忌有何異同，蜈蚣閣所獨具的意涵和重要性，進而探討蜈蚣閣的變遷及未來發展。This study can be divided into five chapters. In addition to Chapter One Introduction and Chapter Five Conclusion, the study also consists of three other chapters. Chapter Two first explores the developments in the southwest part of Taiwan as well as the activities of the temple fairs there. Second, the differences among the southern, the central, and the northern parts of Taiwan in cultivated areas where the Han people moved into are further compared. The characteristics of the southern part of Taiwan in the natural, the humanistic, and the social environments are also investigated. And the formations and the changes of the villages in the southwest part of Taiwan and the developments of the streets are discussed as well in this chapter. Finally, it further describes the activities of the temple fairs which had wu-gong-ges in the southwest part of Taiwan, including its historical developments, the gods that people worshiped, the activities of sacrificial rites, and some special religious beliefs and ceremonies. Chapter Three mainly focuses on the developments of wu-gong-ges in the southwest part of Taiwan. The origins and the historical changes of wu-gong-ges are first described. Then, the ways how wu-gong-ges were developed and how they were spread to Taiwan, the reasons why they had an enormous vogue in Taiwan, and the spots where they were distributed, and how they changed after the rules of the Japan government and after World War Ⅱ are further described in details. Besides, the developments and the rises and the falls of wu-gong-ges in different temples in the southwest part of Taiwan whose we-gung-ges had different historical origins are also compared in this chapter. Chapter Four moves its focus to the contents and the activities of different wu-gong-ges in the southwest part of Taiwan. The processes about how different wu-gong-ges were established and distributed and the differences among their styles, their theatrical programs, and their taboos are therefore discussed. And finally, the significance and the importance of wu-gong-ges and their changes and future developments are further mentioned in the last part.