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In Search of the Folk Daoists of North China (Hardcover, New Ed)
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In Search of the Folk Daoists of North China (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The living practice of Daoist ritual is still only a small part of
Daoist studies. Most of this work focuses on the southeast, with
the vast area of north China often assumed to be a tabula rasa for
local lay liturgical traditions. This book, based on fieldwork,
challenges this assumption. With case studies on parts of Hebei,
Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces, Stephen Jones describes
ritual sequences within funerals and temple fairs, offering details
on occupational hereditary lay Daoists, temple-dwelling priests,
and even amateur ritual groups. Stressing performance, Jones
observes the changing ritual scene in this poor countryside, both
since the 1980s and through all the tribulations of
twentieth-century warfare and political campaigns. The whole
vocabulary of north Chinese Daoists differs significantly from that
of the southeast, which has so far dominated our image. Largely
unstudied by scholars of religion, folk Daoist ritual in north
China has been a constant theme of music scholars within China.
Stephen Jones places lay Daoists within the wider context of folk
religious practices - including those of lay Buddhists, sectarians,
and spirit mediums. This book opens up a new field for scholars of
religion, ritual, music, and modern Chinese society.
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