义和团所请神灵多来自传统戏文小说,此种选神方法的便捷之处在于戏曲是舞台艺术,具有可感性,戏中英雄为团众提供了直观模拟的对象。义和团崇拜的戏曲人物有四种系列,分为正统神灵和反叛神灵两大类。关羽、岳飞、杨家将等皆属正神系列,而武松、孙悟空、猪八戒等则分别为世俗和神怪反叛式神灵。这些神灵不仅本领非凡,而且富有动感,能直接触及团民的日常生活志趣。团众选神是严酷形势和紧急情况下的行为,因此,其所选择的神灵有人数众多、来路驳杂的特征,但是,此类神灵的反智特性、好战禀赋以及冤屈遭遇,局部意义上反叛了清朝官方和士绅集团拥戴的正神系列,但依然有与正统神灵系列重叠之处。团众选神是时代风云际会促生的产物,反映了晚清至高权力松动状态下意识形态的摇摆状态。 Most of the gods whom the Boxers invited came from traditional novels. The convenience of this method of selecting gods is that opera is a stage art with sensibility. The heroes in the play provide objects for visual simulation. There are four series of opera figures that the Boxers worship. They are divided into two categories: the orthodox god and the rebel god. Guan Yu, Yue Fei, Yang Jia will belong to a series of orthodox gods, and Wu Song, Monkey King, pigs, etc., respectively, secular and gods rebellious gods. These gods are not only extraordinary skills, but also dynamic, can directly reach the daily interest of the community. Therefore, the gods of his choice have many people and miscellaneous characteristics. However, the anti-intellectual characteristics of such gods, the warlike gift of endowments, the experience of injustice and the local significance Rebelled the series of orthodox gods advocated by the Qing government and the gentry group, but there was still overlap with the orthodox god series. The election of God by the masses is a product of the times situation that will promote social development, reflecting the state of ideological swing under the loose power of the late Qing dynasty.