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Chinese Creeds And Customs

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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Buckhardt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136220070
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Creeds And Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Buckhardt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2007. An encyclopaedic account of traditional Chinese festivals, customs and beliefs, lavishly illustrated with line drawings and paintings, this remarkable work by an Englishman who spent twenty years in China from the Imperial aftermath through the establishment of Communism, gives fascinating insights into a complex culture poised between past and present. Burckhardt's beautifully written and detailed work includes the rites practiced by the Manchu royal court and the rituals permitted under the Communist and Nationalist regimes, the festivals of working people and villagers as well as the ceremonies of the mandarins of Peking and Hong Kong, in all seasons of the year. He was especially close to the renowned Boat People of the former colony, and gives a unique account of life abroad the harbour junks and their sea-borne celebrations. Among the subjects dealt with are Chinese cuisine, the meaning of presents, secret societies, the Chinese calendar, cats (the Chinese prefer cats with yellow eyes), Chinese dress, jade carving, feng shui, etiquette, the hundreds of gods of house and wayside, temples and their guardians, and all the great festivals - those of the Moon, the Dragon Boats, the Hungry Ghosts, the Magnolia, the New Year and many more. Chinese creeds and customs were Burkhardt's passion, and no better account of them will ever be written.

Village and Family in Contemporary China

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Author : William L. Parish
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226645919
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Village and Family in Contemporary China written by William L. Parish and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1980-08-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 1949 the Chinese Communists carried out land reform, the collectivization of agriculture, and the formation of people's communes. The new economic and political organizations that emerged have made peasant life more comfortable and secure, but many economic and status differentials and traditional customs remain resistant to change. Focusing on rural Kwangtung province, William L. Parish and Martin King Whyte examine the rural work-incentive system, village equality and inequality, rural health care and education, marriage customs, and the position of women, among other topics, to determine what and how much of the traditional Chinese ways of life is left in Communist China.

Chinese Creeds and Customs

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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780710312198
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Creeds and Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chinese Creeds & Customs

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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Creeds & Customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinese Creeds and Customs

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Author : Buckhardt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138970519
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Creeds and Customs written by Buckhardt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chinese Beliefs and Practices in Southeast Asia

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Author : Hock-Tong Cheu
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN 13 : 1543765513
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Beliefs and Practices in Southeast Asia written by Hock-Tong Cheu and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of fifteen chapters which can be divided into five major themes: (i) Chinese religion, (ii) Chinese attitudes toward religion, (iii) Chinese spirit cults in Malaysia, (iv) the development of local spirit cults, and (v) major festivals celebrated in Malaysia. The first section deals with three Chinese religious traditions in Malaysia, in particular, and other countries like Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand in Southeast Asia, in general. The second section attempts to discuss on Chinese attitudes towards religion, Chinese religious conception and its implication in their social life, and how Confucian ethics have contributed to the economic success of the Chinese in Malaysia. The Third section seeks to examine the various aspects of the Nine Emperor Gods, the Datuk Kong (Malay keramat), and the spread of Malay and Chinese spirit cults to Sabah, East Malaysia. The fourth section deliberates on three major processes of change in the development of spirit cults in Malaysia: the localization of Chinese locality cults, including Tudigong and Dabogong, the Sinicization of the Malay keramat, and the indigenization or desinicization of an aboriginal Datuk Seman in Broga, Selangor. And the last section winds up with the practical aspects of celebrating festivals in Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia, with special emphasis on festivals in general in the Chinese calendar, the festival of the Nine Emperor Gods in Southeast Asia, and the socio-psychological aspects of the Nine Emperor Gods Vegetarian Festival in Thailand.

For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors

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Author : Janet Lee Scott
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622098275
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors written by Janet Lee Scott and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offerings of various kinds – food, incense, paper money and figures – have been central to Chinese culture for millennia, and as a public, visual display of spiritual belief, they are still evident today in China and in Chinatowns around the world. Using Hong Kong as a case study, Janet Scott looks at paper offerings from every conceivable angle – how they are made, sold, and used. Her comprehensive investigation touches on virtually every aspect of Chinese popular religion as it explores the many forms of these intricate objects, their manufacture, their significance, and their importance in rituals to honor gods, care for ancestors, and contend with ghosts. Throughout For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors, paper offerings are presented as a vibrant and living tradition expressing worshippers' respect and gratitude for the gods, as well as love and concern for departed family members. Ranging from fake paper money to paper furniture, servant dolls, cigarettes, and toiletries – all multihued and artfully constructed – paper offerings are intended to provide for the needs of those in the spirit world. Readers are introduced to the variety of paper offerings and their uses in worship, in assisting worshippers with personal difficulties, and in rituals directed to gods, ghosts, and ancestors. We learn of the manufacture and sale of paper goods, life in paper shops, the training of those who make paper offerings, and the symbolic and artistic dimensions of the objects. Finally, the book considers the survival of this traditional craft, the importance of flexibility and innovation, and the role of compassion and filial piety in the use of paper offerings.

The Dianshizhai Pictorial

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Author : Xiaoqing Ye
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0892641622
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The Dianshizhai Pictorial written by Xiaoqing Ye and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings to life the visual culture of the "nightless city," late nineteenth-century Shanghai, through analyses of more than one hundred drawn depictions

Chinese creeds & customs

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Author : Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Chinese creeds & customs written by Valentine Rodolphe Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New Peace County

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Author : Peter Y.L. Ng
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622090435
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book New Peace County written by Peter Y.L. Ng and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1573 the Guangdong Province county of Dongguan was divided into two arts, one of which was named Xin'an Xi an (New Peace County). Its 600 square miles of territory included all of what is now Hong Kong and the New territories. The new county was poor, sparsely populated and harassed by marauding bands of pirates and land-based ruffians. The Xin'an Xianzhi (Gazetteer of Xin'an County) was the combined work of local people and officials posted to the county. It dealt with the geography, history, economy, traditions and literature of the area and remains today the fullest source of information on pre-twentieth century Xin'an. This book looks at the 1819 edition of the gazetteer, the last revision of it to be made. The contents of its twenty-five chapters are analysed and discuessed under the four main headings History, Geography, Economy and Government, and a translation section samples the rich material found there. Old maps of the county have been specially redrawn to accompany the text. For the student of Chinese history, for those interested in pre-British Hong Kong and for the layman alike this is a fascinating and enjoyable book which while satisfying in itself will also serve as a guide to further research.

Pacaf basic bibliographies

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Author : Mitsuko Kuniyoshi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Pacaf basic bibliographies written by Mitsuko Kuniyoshi and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arts of the Sung and Yüan

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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870998064
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Arts of the Sung and Yüan written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1996 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exorcism!

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Author : Peter Underwood
Publisher : Peter Underwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exorcism! written by Peter Underwood and published by Peter Underwood. This book was released on 1990 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, the practice of exorcism has been used for the purpose of driving out evil spirits and demons though to possess human beings and the places they inhabit. But there are more startling instances where exorcism has been used: to cure a trawler that seemed to be cursed; to expel demons from Bram Stoker's black 'vampire' dog' even to rid Loch Ness and the Bermuda Triangle of their evil ambience. Peter Underwood explores this frightening ritual in relation to witches, vampires and animals, while his far-flung researches have unearthed dramatic cases in Morocco, Egypt, South Africa and the United States, as well as the British Isles. Is the rite an archaic throwback, wrongly employed in cases of mental disturbance which would be better served by psychological counselling, or is evil indeed a living force which can be overcome by the power of good? Exorcism! offers some thought-provoking insights into a mysterious and powerful phenomenon.

Minority Groups in Thailand

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Author : American Institutes for Research. Cultural Information Analysis Center
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1156 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Minority Groups in Thailand written by American Institutes for Research. Cultural Information Analysis Center and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Department of the Army Pamphlet

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism

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Author : N. J. Girardot
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520064607
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism written by N. J. Girardot and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myth and Meaning in Early Daoism examines some of the earliest texts associated with the Daoist tradition (primarily the Daode jing, Zhuangzi, and Huainanzi) from the outlook of the comparative history of religions and finds a kind of thematic and soteriological unity rooted in the mythological symbolism of hundun, the primal chaos being and principle that is foundational for the philosophy and practice of the Dao as creatio continua in cosmic, social, and individual life. Dedicated to the proposition that ancient Chinese texts and traditions are often best understood from a broad interdisciplinary and interpretive perspective, this work when it was written challenged many prevailing conceptions of the Daode jing and Zhuangzi as primarily philosophical texts without any religious significance or affinity with the later sectarian traditions. While controversial and at times playfully provocative, the methodology and findings of this book are still important for the ongoing scholarship about Daoism in China and the world.

Peony in Love

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Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0812978854
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Peony in Love written by Lisa See and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Een jong meisje uit het China van de 17e eeuw beleeft de (on)mogelijkheden van haar cultuur heftig, waarbij haar leven tragische ontwikkelingen kent.