宋代是一个平民化的时代,民间、官方为在世或过世的有功德者立祠、加封号的现象较多。这种建构平民文化的社会现象,在西北边臣祠神的塑造过程中得到充分体现。民间塑神集中在神宗朝以前,主要目的是延续边臣的恩惠;官方在神宗朝以后到南宋初年,积极参与到西北边臣祠神文化建设之中,延伸国家意志。尽管民间、官方对祠神有不同的需求,但在促进国家认同这一点上,两者在社会实践中得到了一定程度的兼顾。 The Song Dynasty is a civilized era, civil, official for the world or the world of the merits of the legislature Temple, plus the phenomenon of seal more. This social phenomenon of building a civilian culture has been fully reflected in the process of shaping the god of the northwestern border town. Before the Shenzong Dynasty, the main purpose of folk sculpture was to continue the bounty of the patriarchs. After the Shenzong Dynasty was first visited, the official took an active part in the cultural construction of the gods in the northwestern border and extended the national will. Although the private sector and the government have different demands on the shrine gods, they have taken a certain degree of balance in social practice in promoting national identity.