Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Volume One

Historical Introduction to the Return of the Gods

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Av Kenneth Dean, Zhenman ZHENG, Zhenman Zheng

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Making ingenious use of a wide variety of sources, and old as well as modern technical resources, Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman here set a new standard for an histoire totale for a coherently well-defined cultural region in China. At the same time it deals in-depth with the ongoing negotiation of modernity in Chinese village rituals.Over the past thirty years, local popular religion has been revived and re-invented in the villages of the irrigated alluvial plain of Putian, Fujian, China. Volume 1 provides a historical introduction to the formation of 153 regional ritual alliances made up of 724 villages. Early popular cults, Ming lineages, Qing multi-village alliances, late Qing spirit-medium associations, 20th century state attacks on local religion, and the role of Overseas Chinese and local communities in rebuilding the temple networks are discussed. Volume 2 surveys the current population, lineages, temples, gods, and annual rituals of these villages. Maps of each ritual alliance, the distribution of major cults and lineages, are included. Find information about a film related to the book here.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2009-12-07
  • Mått160 x 240 x 30 mm
  • Vikt1 014 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieHandbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China
  • Antal sidor440
  • FörlagBrill
  • ISBN9789004176027