Flowing "Qi"

Yanjiao Chen, P.H. Doctor in anthropology, lecturer, is currently the deputy Dean of the College of Social Affairs in Henan Normal University, in charge of teaching and international exchange. She studied for bachelor's and master's degrees in the Department of Sociology of Qingdao University and the Department of Sociology of Shanghai University, and achieved the doctor's degree in the Institute of Anthropology of Shanghai University. She is also a researcher at the Research Center of Chinese Cultural Ecology, the Key Research base of Humanities and Social Sciences in colleges and universities of Henan Provincial Department of Education, and the Innovation Research Center of Public Policy and Social Management of Henan Normal University. From 2017 to 2018, she was funded by the China Scholarship Council as a visiting scholar in the Department of Anthropology, Boston University. She has been committed to the research of rural and religious areas for a long time, and has published papers in journals such as Frontier, Social Science Forum, and Frontier of Social Science. She has participated in 2 National Social Science fund research projects, 1 research project of the Ministry of Education, and 2 philosophy and social science planning projects of Henan Province; Two survey reports won the first prize of municipal social science research; The two social survey results have been adopted and applied by municipal departments.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. The landscape and scenery of the field.- Chapter 2. Mutual-strucutralization of Chinese Local Secular life and Supernature.- Chapter 3. Qi in the daily practice.- Chapter 4. The forms of Qi in faith.- Chapter 5. Qi in Festival Ceremonies.- Chapter 6. Qi: The holistic significance for the local scope.- References.