04280nam 2200601 a 450 991046184930332120200520144314.0988-220-978-5988-8053-83-3(CKB)2670000000133549(EBL)863862(SSID)ssj0000628037(PQKBManifestationID)11376527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628037(PQKBWorkID)10701507(PQKB)10615440(StDuBDS)EDZ0000054485(MiAaPQ)EBC863862(Au-PeEL)EBL863862(CaPaEBR)ebr10611786(OCoLC)870946148(EXLCZ)99267000000013354920120130d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncestral images[electronic resource] a Hong Kong collection /Hugh baker ; foreword by Lady YoudeHong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc20111 online resource (405 p.)Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies seriesSeries 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.988-8083-09-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [372]-379) and index.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. Tablets41. 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. Birth84. 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; IndexA 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 whicRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies SeriesHong Kong (China)Social life and customsElectronic books.951.25Baker Hugh D. R558749YoudeLady.976749MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461849303321Ancestral images2225183UNINA