Spectacle and Sacrifice : The Ritual Foundations of Village Life in North China /
"This book is about the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Temple festivals, with their giant processions, elaborate rituals, and operas, were the most important influence on the symbolic universe of ordinary villagers and demonstrate their...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center,
2009.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Greeting the new year in Shanxi
- Shanxi village ritual opera, an overview
- The great temple festivals of southeastern Shanxi.