Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that
attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most
instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of
social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism. Stephen Teiser
examines one of the most important of such annual celebrations. He
provides a comprehensive interpretation of the festivities of the
seventh lunar month, in which laypeople presented offerings to
Buddhist monks to gain salvation for their ancestors. Teiser
uncovers a wide range of sources, many translated or analyzed for
the first time in any language, to demonstrate how the symbolism,
rituals, and mythology of the ghost festival pervaded the social
landscape of medieval China.
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