Chinese Popular Religion in Text and Acts / / ed. by Shin-yi Chao.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Cao, Sherry Xinyi,; Cao, Xinyi,; Chao, Shin-yi,; Chau, Adam Yuet,; Chen, Yongchao,; Chien-chuan, Wang,; Fan, Chun-wu,; Goossaert, Vincent,; Ho, Eunice,; Hou, Chong,; Li, Shih-wei,; Wang, Yao,; Ye, Tao,
• HerausgeberIn: Chao, Shin-yi,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society in Asia ; 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction Text, Acts, and Traditionalization: Performing Chinese Popular Religion --; Section One: Texts And Acts --; 1. Confluence of Fears: The 1923 Doomsday Hysteria in China --; 2. Temple Inscriptions as “Text Acts” --; Section Two: Scriptures and Rituals --; 3. Shuilu Rites and the Baodingshan Rock Carvings of Dazu --; 4. The Worship of the Ten Kings of Purgatory during the Ming-Qing Period --; 5. Feasting with the Great-grandmother: The Tea Banquet Ritual Programs and the Worship of the Mother of Wutong --; 6. Knowledge and Ritual : The Dual Nature of the Scripture Illustrating the Holiness of Emperor Guan (Guandi mingsheng jing) --; Section Three: Saints’ Legends and Gods’ Lore --; 7. Scorched Head: Daoist Exorcists and Their Divine Generals in Jiangnan Lore --; 8. Assimilation by Names: A Mechanism of Pantheon Development in Local Religion --; Section Four: Temple Festivals and Pilgrimages --; 9. Our Lady on the Mountain: The Cult of a Daoist Immortal in Village China --; 10. Stone Inscriptions on Mt. Tai and Contemporary Folk Pilgrimage: A Speculation on “Yinbei” --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048550364; 9783111023748; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319186; 9783111318264
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048550364?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Shin-yi Chao.

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. While this book centers on Chinese popular religion, it will be of use to non-China scholars in folklore, religious art, and ritual studies as well as China scholars in popular culture from late-medieval to contemporary times.