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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458915103321

Autore

Dean Kenneth

Titolo

Historical introduction to the return of the gods [[electronic resource] /] / by Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-94968-3

9786612949685

90-474-2946-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental studies Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 4, China, , 0169-9520 ; ; v. 23/1

Ritual alliances of the Putian Plain ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhengZhenman

Disciplina

299.5/1130951245

299.51130951

Soggetti

Gods, Chinese

Village communities - China - History

Electronic books.

China Genealogy Religious aspects

China Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The gods return / by Kenneth Dean -- pt. 2. Lineage and religion on the Putian Plains : an analysis based on stone inscriptions / by Zheng Zhenman ; translated by Kenneth Dean.

Sommario/riassunto

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.