Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China
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Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China

  1. 306 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China

About this book

Most commentators imagine contemporary China to be monolithic, atheistic, and materialist, and wholly divorced from its earlier customs, but Kenneth Dean combines evidence from historical texts and extensive fieldwork to reveal an entirely different picture. Since 1979, when the Chinese government relaxed some of its most stringent controls on religion, villagers in the isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an "underground" effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults.

Originally published in 1993.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. List of Tables and Charts
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction Sources and Methodology
  7. 1 Taoism in Fujian
  8. 2 The Great Emperor Who Protects Life: The Division of Incense
  9. 3 The Patriarch of the Clear Stream: Processions of the Gods
  10. 4 The Reverent Lord of Broad Compassion: Contradictory Interpretations of a God in Ritual and Legend
  11. Conclusion
  12. Appendix I Four Song Titles of Investiture for the Patriarch of the Clear Stream
  13. Appendix II The Dossier of the Reverent Lord of Broad Compassion
  14. Appendix III Chinese Text of Scriptures
  15. Notes
  16. Glossary
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index