皮场大王信仰起源于北宋东京,本为土地神,因邻近皮角场得名。其原型是毒蛇壁镜,因“灰药救疾”而被奉为医药神,进而被附会为雅驯的古神农等。南宋时,临安礼部贡院之皮场庙成为士子应试祈祷之所,江浙地区成为信仰中心,受多种因素影响,至明清盛行不衰。明清时期,以全国性中药材集散市场安国县为中心的信仰圈,异化为邳彤信仰。以开封为中心的信仰圈,多讹传为裴昌、皮匠等。在国家礼制、地方社会、移民群体等影响下,皮场大王信仰从起源、异化到地域扩展甚广,反映了不同时期社会环境、民众祈求与国家礼制关系的互动,是传统社会民间信仰中祠神变迁的典型个案。 Pi Kings believe originated in the Northern Song Dynasty in Tokyo, the land of God, named for the neighboring Cape Kok field. Its prototype is snake wall mirror, because of “gray medicine to save the disease” and was regarded as medicine God, and then was attached to the Ya Shen tame ancient Shennong and so on. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the temple of the Temple of Lien tribute ritual became the examination place for praying for scholars. Jiangsu and Zhejiang became the center of faith, affected by many factors and prevailed in the Ming and Qing dynasties. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the faith circle centered on the national Chinese medicine distribution market of Anguo County was alienated into the Tongtong faith. To Kaifeng as the center of the circle of faith, more accurate as Pei Chang, cobbler and so on. Under the influence of the state rituals, local communities and immigrant groups, the Faith of Kings of the Pi King spreads extensively from its origins and alienation to its geographical area, reflecting the interaction between social environment and popular prayer and state ceremony and etiquette in different periods. Ancestral Temple in the typical case of the vicissitudes.