台灣民間信仰普遍呈現三教雜揉、諸神同在的模式，一般寺廟中所供奉的神祇，往往儒、釋、道並存，本文由田野工作所得繪製之神明配置圖，以中和地區的八座寺廟爲例，說明台灣民間信仰「三教合一」的普遍現象。各寺廟之神明彼此交錯，在此廟爲主神、在彼廟爲屬神；道教廟宇有儒教、佛教神祇；儒教廟宇有佛教、道教神祇；佛教寺廟有道教、儒教神祇；略可說明台灣民間傳統宗教雖有佛、儒、道等派別之分，然三教派多半已喪失其本來面目，形成一大民間宗教，此爲台灣民間信仰的重要特色之一。

A common aspect of Taiwanese folkbelief is a blending of the three traditional religions, that is, a coexistence of deities belonging to these religions. Temples in general tend to worship Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist deities at the same time. It is the aim of this paper to explain the common phenomenon of the "unity of the three creeds," in the light of he Diagram of Divinities obtained through fieldwork, discussing the examples of eight temples in the Chungho area. Deities of different temples interlock: when a deity is central in a first temple, it may be subordinate in a second. Taoist temples worship Confucian and Buddhist deities; Confucian temples Buddhist and Taoist; Buddhist temples have Taoist and Confucian divinities. The phenomenon explains somewhat how in Taiwanese traditional folkbelief, the three religions have generally lost their original features, in spite of the existing distinction between Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, and other groups. This has given rise to the growth of one, large, unitary folkbelief, which is one of the important characteristics of Taiwanese folkbelief.

民間信仰；寺廟；主神；屬神；三教合一

folkbelief temple; central deity; subordinate deity; unity of the three creeds