This volume explores practices and experiences in Chinese popular religion. The research adds new materials and new approaches to well-known worships such as the cults of doomsday, underworld, and Lord Guan on the one hand, and draws attention to under-the-radar deities and holy figures hiding in the mountainous countryside or among the urban crowd.
This volume explores practices and experiences in Chinese popular religion. The research adds new materials and new approaches to well-known worships such as the cults of doomsday, underworld, and Lord Guan on the one hand, and draws attention to under-the-radar deities and holy figures hiding in the mountainous countryside or among the urban crowd.
Shin-yi Chao is Associate Professor of Religion at University of Rochester, US. Her research interests include Chinese popular religion, Daoism, and ritual studies. She has published extensively on Daoist rituals and women in Daoism. Currently, she is working on two projects: village religion in North China and temple cults in Taiwan. Her most recent publication is Seekers and Seers: Lay Buddhists and Buddhist Revival in Rural China (2022).
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Introduction Shin yi Chao, 1. Confluence of Fears: The 1923 Doomsday Hysteria in China FAN Chun wu, 2. Temple Inscriptions as Text Acts Adam Yuet Chau, 3. Shuilu Rites and the Baodingshan Rock Carvings, Dazu HOU Chong 4. The Worship of the Ten Kings of Purgatory during the Ming Qing Period WANG Chien chuan, 5. Feasting with the Great Grandma: The Tea Banquet Ritual Programs and the Worship of the Mother of the Wutong Gods CHEN Yongchao, 6. Knowledge and Ritual: The Dual Nature of the Scripture Illustrating the Holiness of Emperor Guan (Guandi mingsheng jing) LI Shih wei, 7. Scorched Head: Daoist Exorcists and their Divine Generals in Jiangnan Lore Vincent GOOSSAERT, 8. Assimilation by Names: A Mechanism of Pantheon Development in Local Religion WANG Yao, 9. Our Lady on the Mountain: The Cult of a Daoist Immortal in Village China Shin yi CHAO, 10. Stone Inscriptions on Mt. Tai and Contemporary Folk Pilgrimage: A Speculation on Lefu Yinbei YE Tao, Index.
Introduction Shin yi Chao, 1. Confluence of Fears: The 1923 Doomsday Hysteria in China FAN Chun wu, 2. Temple Inscriptions as Text Acts Adam Yuet Chau, 3. Shuilu Rites and the Baodingshan Rock Carvings, Dazu HOU Chong 4. The Worship of the Ten Kings of Purgatory during the Ming Qing Period WANG Chien chuan, 5. Feasting with the Great Grandma: The Tea Banquet Ritual Programs and the Worship of the Mother of the Wutong Gods CHEN Yongchao, 6. Knowledge and Ritual: The Dual Nature of the Scripture Illustrating the Holiness of Emperor Guan (Guandi mingsheng jing) LI Shih wei, 7. Scorched Head: Daoist Exorcists and their Divine Generals in Jiangnan Lore Vincent GOOSSAERT, 8. Assimilation by Names: A Mechanism of Pantheon Development in Local Religion WANG Yao, 9. Our Lady on the Mountain: The Cult of a Daoist Immortal in Village China Shin yi CHAO, 10. Stone Inscriptions on Mt. Tai and Contemporary Folk Pilgrimage: A Speculation on Lefu Yinbei YE Tao, Index.
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