Sacredness and Secularity: Evolution of Sacred Space of Traditional Villages in Western Hunan

Sacred space is an important form of Chinese traditional villages, which combines religious belief, humanistic belief and complex space. Taking Gaoyi Village, Jingping Village the North Dong Dynasty, Huangdu Pingtan Dutou South Dynasty as examples, paper analyzes evolution sacred space, change function its influence mechanism in villages nationality western Hunan through in-depth interviews with author. The research found that: 1) experienced Ming Qing dynasties: shape was preserved, ancestral sacrifices were main things; During period from Republic China to New China: changed; After reform opening up: restored protected. 2) line formulation adjustment social system, presenting a type, composite type. 3) actually result progressive agricultural culture, industrial new era compound culture other factors different periods. 4) In periods spatial scales, spaces based on local cultural identity have also been formed Dong.