中文摘要：

坛神信仰盛行于清代的四川地区,直至今天坛神信仰还广泛存在于四川地区的土家族聚居区以及汉族的广大地区。四川地区的坛神信仰并非土家族祖先崇拜的遗留,而是在中原古老巫文化背景下荆楚巫傩信仰在巴蜀大地的变异和区域化。坛神信仰在与四川接壤的鄂西地区也广泛存在,四川地区的坛神信仰是川楚文化交流的结果。四川地区的坛神不是祖先神,也不仅仅是傩神,而是具有巫傩色彩的家庭保护神。

英文摘要：

The belief in altar of God prevailed in Sichuan area in the Qing dynasty,until today the belief in altar of God also exists widely in Tujia area as well as the vast regions of Han nationality in Sichuan.The belief in altar of God in Sichuan area is not the legacy of Tujia worship of ancestors but the variation and localization of Jinchu belief of the witch culture and Nuo culture under the background of traditional Wu culture of Central Plains.The belief in altar of God exists widely in the western part of Hubei province bordering Sichuan region.So the belief in altar of God in Sichuan region is the result of cultural communication between Sichuan region and Hubei Province.The altar of God in Sichuan region is neither the ancestor god,nor the Nuo God,but the god of family protection of the witch culture and Nuo culture.