Abstract:

The idolatrous procession faded in Hang County in Zhejiang Province in the first half of the 20th century.The direct factor was the policy that banned folk belief and it was put into practice forcibly by the local government.The indirect factor was that the declining gentry class could not support the idolatrous procession.Some of them changed into new political elites and even opposed idolatrous procession.The more important factor was the economic recession in rural area.The idolatrous procession lacked funds and could not be held.

Key words: factors, decline, idolatrous procession, Hang County