Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Volume Two - A Survey of Village Temples and Ritual Activities (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain, 23/2
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	Kenneth Dean • Zhenman Zheng
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 61mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	1062
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-17601-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-17601-2
Barcode:	9789004176010

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