明清时期陕西地区存在数以百计的村镇城隍庙,这一现象非常值得关注。自唐宋以来,作为重要军事区域,陕西地区在长期战乱的社会历史背景下,除了建有国家军事防御体系的城堡之外,从州县治所到村镇,也广泛建置堡寨。村镇城隍庙的建置与堡寨的建造有关。作为城市的守护神,建有城堡就有可能建造城隍庙,这是城隍神见诸文献以来具有的普遍性的原则。陕西地区的特色就在于,由于特殊的历史背景,集中体现了这样的原则。陕西地区的村镇城隍庙成为明清时期村镇城隍信仰的一种重要类型。 During the Ming and Qing Dynasties there were hundreds of towns and cities Chenghuang Temple in Shaanxi Province. This phenomenon deserves our attention. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, as an important military region, Shaanxi has set up a large number of fortified villages in addition to those built with state military defense systems under the social and historical background of long-term wars. The construction of the town temple is related to the construction of the fort. As the patron saint of the city, it is possible to build Chenghuang Temple with the built castle, which is the universality principle that the god Chengbao has seen since his writings. The characteristic of Shaanxi Province lies in the fact that such a principle is embodied due to its special historical background. The town and temple in Shaanxi Province became an important type of belief in the towns and villages in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.