On Formation and Development of Hakka Dipamkara Buddha Belief

客家是迁入闽粤赣边的中原汉民与当地土著相融合而于宋时形成的中华民族支系。客家人历经一次次迁徙,又散布于海内外。客家人虽历经沧桑,但仍守望着中原祖地文明,还融汇了沿途丰富多彩的文明因子,终于熔铸成独具特色的客家文化。客家民间信仰作为客家社会意识形态,居于客家文化的较高层次,定光公信仰即是其中的代表。定光公信仰是宋代的崇佛环境与福建客家移民社会广泛的精神需求互相影响所激起的造神运动的产物。自元以降,定光公信仰又与客家乡族社会相结合,发展成为乡族整合、社会教化和感情维系的精神纽带。The Hakka people,who were mixed by the people moving from the Central China to Fujian,Guangdong and Jiangxi and the local people in these three areas,came into being in Song Dynasty and have now become a national branch of people in China.The Hakka people experienced many migrations and they are now widely populated both at home and abroad.In spite of going through all vicissitudes in life,they still hold fast the old civilization prevalent in the Central China and they integrated other colorful civilization elements into their own,forming the unique Hakka culture in the end.Folk belief,a relatively high level of the Hakka culture,is regarded by the Hakka people as the social ideological form.Dipamkara Buddha Belief is one representation in folk belief.Dipamakara Buddha Belief was formed by mutual influence between buddha worship in Song Dynasty and the strong spiritual requirements demanded by the Hakka people in Fujian.Ever since Ming Dynasty this Belief has been interacted with Hakka Clan and gradually become the spiritual link of clan integration,social education and emotion build-up