Ancestral images [[electronic resource] ] : a Hong Kong collection / / Hugh baker ; foreword by Lady Youde

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461849303321
• Autore: Baker Hugh D. R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 988-220-978-5; 988-8053-83-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Collana: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
• Altri autori (Persone): Youde, Lady
• Disciplina: 951.25
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Hong Kong (China) Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Series statement from jacket.; "This new revised edition collects in one place the articles from the three volumes of Hugh Baker's Ancestral images originally published in 1979, 1980 and 1981"--Jacket.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [372]-379) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword - by Lady Youde; Preface; 1. Land; 2. Lovers' Rock; 3. Kowtow; 4. Puppets; 5. Scholar Stones; 6. Daai Si; 7. Customs; 8. Tree; 9. Pigs; 10. Moat; 11. Anti-Corruption; 12. Barrier; 13. Ancestral Trust; 14. Chair; 15. Local Government; 16. Geomancer; 17. Duck; 18. Gambling; 19. Protection; 20. Jesuits; 21. Feet; 22. Funeral; 23. Water; 24. Congratulations?; 25. Street Trader; 26. University; 27. Ching Ming; 28. Feast; 29. Pedicab; 30. Islam; 31. Fertility; 32. Lantern; 33. Grave; 34. Fish; 35. Magic; 36. Lion-heads; 37. Incantation; 38. Law; 39. Arch; 40. Tablets; 41. Stake-net42. Marsh; 43. Beam-raising; 44. Mud; 45. Birthday; 46. Wealth God; 47. Pagoda; 48. Red; 49. Earth God; 50. Flower Boards; 51. Shrimps; 52. Music; 53. Heaven; 54. Double Yang; 55. Rain God; 56. Bamboo; 57. Smoke; 58. Offerings; 59. Landscape; 60. Mourning; 61. Wedding Party; 62. Nuns; 63. Snakes; 64. Temple; 65. Hakka; 66. Leadership; 67. Yearly Blessings; 68. Dragon; 69. Sun Yat-sen; 70. Fire Engine; 71. Taoists; 72. Zombies; 73. Market; 74. Patron Gods; 75. Typhoon; 76. Footpath; 77. Soy; 78. Schoolgirl; 79. New Year Biscuits; 80. Dan Ger; 81. Charity; 82. Isolation; 83. Birth; 84. Reverence85. Journey; 86. Yin and Yang; 87. Kowloon; 88. Gates; ; 89. Soul; 90. Picnic; 91. House Re-warming; 92. Cemetery; 93. Water Buffalo; 94. Buddhism; 95. Tin Hau; 96. Hall; 97. Village; 98. Procession; 99. Dotting; 100. Hundred Surnames; 101. Vegetables; 102. Talisman; 103. Exhumation; 104. Suicide; 105. Wall; 106. Burial; 107. Eyes; 108. Feuds; 109. Kitchen God; 110. Catholic Church; 111. Actors; 112. Hell Bank Note; 113. Incense; 114. Concern; 115. Well God; 116. Ruins; 117. Women; 118. Rice; 119. Sojourners; 120. Wires; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A new edition in one volume of Hugh Baker's celebrated three volumes of Ancestral Images originally published in 1979, 1980 and 1981. The 120 articles and photographs explore everyday life, customs and rituals in Hong Kong's rural New Territories. Each mouthful is complete in itself, but together the articles amount to a substantial feast. They investigate religion, food, language, history, festivals, family, strange happenings and clan warfare. The book documents much that can no longer be found. But it also provides an understanding of a world which has not yet entirely disappeared, and whic