《水浒》与宗教的结缘,是受宋元以来民间宗教与民间武装结缘的深刻影响所致。其宗教描写,可以说是对封建时代民间武装与宗教结缘之状况的一次较完整的艺术表现,在政治文化史上具有重要的认识价值;同时,其宗教描写又具有组建叙事框架,揭示人物命运,推动情节发展变化等叙事功能,因此又兼具重要的审美价值。 The connection between Water Margin and religion was caused by the profound influence of folk religion and civil armed forces since Song and Yuan Dynasties. Its religious description can be said to be a relatively complete artistic expression of the status quo of civil armies and religions in the feudal era, and has an important cognitive value in the political and cultural history. At the same time, its religious description has also set up a narrative framework to reveal the fate of people, Promote the plot development and change narrative function, so it also has important aesthetic value.