面海的女神－－臺中濱海媽祖廟文物資源調查與研究

Study on Ancient Antiquities and Folk belief of Matzu temples： The Coastal regions of Taichung city as the Analysis Regions

清代的媽祖廟中，北港朝天宮、鹿港天后宮與彰化南瑤宮皆位於中部地區，顯示出中部地區為臺灣媽祖信仰之重鎮。日治時代，中部媽祖成為臺灣媽祖信徒的朝聖地；然而，相對於今日聲勢赫赫的大甲鎮瀾宮，其中早年發展的天后宮廟顯得些許落寞，特別是在臺中濱海媽祖廟中，有不少擁有歷史故事性，特殊的信仰祭儀、祭祀組織與駕前團體，甚至藏有大量的歷史文物，具高度的研究、觀光發展與文化創新的潛力。有鑑於此，本文以臺中地區開發較早且具鮮明的區域特色之濱海地區媽祖廟為對象，擇其清代以前創建，但香火卻未如早年鼎盛之宮廟，以廟內所見物質文化與一部分的信仰為調查重點，從在地化的視野與社會實踐角度，進行討論。

During Qing Dynasty, Zhenlan Temple of Dajian town, Taichung City, Nan Yao Temple of Zhanghua city, Tianhou Temple of Lugang town, Zhanghua county, Beigang Temple of YunlinCounty and Grand Tianhou Temple of Tainan City are, among other Mazu temples, the most famous and representative ones, four of which located in the central Taiwan, showing that central Taiwanese important region in Mazu belief.Compared to the most illustrious Zhanglan temple of Dajia town, other coastal Mazu temples in Taichung City are developed rather earlier but less famous now and relatively unpopular.Nevertheless, we cannot ignore that these temples also have potential in the sense of history, ritualceremony and organization, parade escort as well as a lot of historical artifacts which are worthy ofstudy. In view of the aforementioned, this text has two preliminary directions. First, with regards to tangible material, we will focus on the artifacts of these Mazu temple and engage in investigation study with an intention to playing an active role in the historical research by studying the ancient pieces. In addition, we will conduct a fieldwork research by which we hope to describe a more complete picture about the origin and making history of the artifacts from the coastal Mazu temple in Taichung city. Secondly, in Mazu belief, previous studies put an emphasis on some particular Mazu temples, whereas the differentiation between region, belief and history is almost neglected. On the one hand, a more comprehensive description of specific geographical history will be represented; on the other hand, a further discussion will be focused on the regional study of belief group and how the interaction between different Mazu temples and other beliefs turned into a foundation of society.