Khun Eng Kuah is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Chinese Diaspora Studies at the School of International Studies and Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies in Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Chinese Studies in National University of Singapore. Her primary research areas are Diaspora Chinese - China Relations; and Religion, politics and society, Reformist Buddhism and Buddhist compassion in East and Southeast and Asia.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsFiguresPhotos CaptionsChapter 1: Introduction: Ancestor Worship in the Diaspora and Mainland Chinese UniversesChapter 2: Why Ancestors Matter?Chapter 3: Ancestors across Transnational Spaces: From Luodi Shenggen to Yeluo GuigenChapter 4: Ancestor’s Soul HomesChapter 5: Lineage Ancestral House and Its SymbolismChapter 6: Chinese Women and Ancestral Food OfferingsChapter 7: Ritual Performance of Ancestor Worship: A Photographic Journey Chapter 8: Ancestors’ Worth in Contemporary China: Economic Capital and Cultural HeritageChapter 9: Qingming Festival as a National Cultural Icon: The Reach of the Mainland Chinese StateChapter 10: Conclusion: Future of Ancestor Worship and the Making of a Collaborative Cultural BasinGlossaryIndexBibliography

Khun Eng Kuah is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Chinese Diaspora Studies at the School of International Studies and Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies in Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Chinese Studies in National University of Singapore. Her primary research areas are Diaspora Chinese - China Relations; and Religion, politics and society, Reformist Buddhism and Buddhist compassion in East and Southeast and Asia.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsFiguresPhotos CaptionsChapter 1: Introduction: Ancestor Worship in the Diaspora and Mainland Chinese UniversesChapter 2: Why Ancestors Matter?Chapter 3: Ancestors across Transnational Spaces: From Luodi Shenggen to Yeluo GuigenChapter 4: Ancestor’s Soul HomesChapter 5: Lineage Ancestral House and Its SymbolismChapter 6: Chinese Women and Ancestral Food OfferingsChapter 7: Ritual Performance of Ancestor Worship: A Photographic Journey Chapter 8: Ancestors’ Worth in Contemporary China: Economic Capital and Cultural HeritageChapter 9: Qingming Festival as a National Cultural Icon: The Reach of the Mainland Chinese StateChapter 10: Conclusion: Future of Ancestor Worship and the Making of a Collaborative Cultural BasinGlossaryIndexBibliography

Khun Eng Kuah is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Chinese Diaspora Studies at the School of International Studies and Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies in Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Chinese Studies in National University of Singapore. Her primary research areas are Diaspora Chinese - China Relations; and Religion, politics and society, Reformist Buddhism and Buddhist compassion in East and Southeast and Asia.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsFiguresPhotos CaptionsChapter 1: Introduction: Ancestor Worship in the Diaspora and Mainland Chinese UniversesChapter 2: Why Ancestors Matter?Chapter 3: Ancestors across Transnational Spaces: From Luodi Shenggen to Yeluo GuigenChapter 4: Ancestor’s Soul HomesChapter 5: Lineage Ancestral House and Its SymbolismChapter 6: Chinese Women and Ancestral Food OfferingsChapter 7: Ritual Performance of Ancestor Worship: A Photographic Journey Chapter 8: Ancestors’ Worth in Contemporary China: Economic Capital and Cultural HeritageChapter 9: Qingming Festival as a National Cultural Icon: The Reach of the Mainland Chinese StateChapter 10: Conclusion: Future of Ancestor Worship and the Making of a Collaborative Cultural BasinGlossaryIndexBibliography