In Search of the Folk Daoists of North China
The living practice of Daoist ritual is still only a small part of Daoist studies. Most of this work focuses on the southeast, with the vast area of north China often assumed to be a tabula rasa for local lay liturgical traditions. This book, based on fieldwork, challenges this assumption. With case studies on parts of Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces, Stephen Jones describes ritual sequences within funerals and temple fairs, offering details on occupational hereditary lay Daoists, temple-dwelling priests, and even amateur ritual groups. Stressing performance, Jones observes the changing ritual scene in this poor countryside, bot…
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- ISBN: 978-1-317-11788-9
- EAN: 9781317117889
- Produktnummer: 20175954
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 6'472 KB
Über den Autor
Stephen Jones read classical Chinese at Cambridge, and has been documenting living traditions of folk music in rural China since 1986. Since 1993 he has held research fellowships at SOAS, London University. He is author of the influential Folk music of China: living instrumental traditions, Plucking the winds, and his two volumes Ritual and music of north China (Ashgate, 2007, 2009), on north Shanxi and Shaanbei respectively, both include DVD documentaries. He is also a violinist in leading early music ensembles in London.
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