청대 대만 역사 속 ‘풍수’의 문화현상

Abstract

From the perspective of social practice, this paper explores the role of traditional Feng-shui customs of Han culture in the history of Taiwan’s development in the Qing Dynasty, and examines the Feng-shui practices in folk activities and their interaction with traditional Taiwanese society, including the aspects of the key points of regional reclamation, the reference coordinates of settlement formation, the guiding principles of public construction, and the causes of social conflicts. The results show that the Feng-shui custom spread with the pace of the Han people to reclaim Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty, and the development of mountain and forest areas is mostly related to the specific practice of Feng-shui concept. The formation of village settlements is often distributed according to the ideal Feng-shui pattern; The relocation of family members sometimes comes with Feng-shui considerations; The rise of cultural and educational undertakings is usually inseparable from the implementation of the concept of Feng-shui. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the northern and southern parts of Taiwan gradually tended from a reclaimed society where the original Han people lived together to a settled society of the Han people, and in the process of this social transformation, Feng-shui customs should have a certain degree of “catalytic” effect. During this period, even the occurrence of various Feng-shui disputes also reflected the expansion of the influence of Han immigrants and the formation of Han culture and society.