Study on Inheritance and Innovation of Fishery Culture - A Case Study of Fishermen's Kaiyang Festival and Xieyang Festival

So far Chinese fishery culture has played a more and more important role in social development and embodied the beauty of traditional civilization and modern civilization to a certain extent.It is a long-standing tributary in the whole cultural river of the Chinese nation.However, from the current point of view, fishery culture has been a weak culture that has not acquired systematic popularization, leaving lots of points with regard of connotation, depth and breadth etc. worth of studying.For most of fishermen, what is important are the purpose and the effect not which God to believe and worship.Through the investigation of fete ritual, fishery culture is the local folk culture that has been inherited more than two thousand years, and has imprinted in fishermen's life concept.It becomes the spiritual pillar of sailing-fishermen pin peace and harvest of sea career on the fete and worship of East China Sea Dragon King, which forms one belief that express piety and pray for blessing.Besides, the folk activities like sea sacrificial ceremony also strengthen the unity and endeavor among fishermen and generate cohesive force from hearts to build confidence to defeat any terrifying waves and storms.