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Popular religion in China : the imperial metaphor

Author: Stephan Feuchtwang
Publisher: Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : [New ed.]View all editions and formats
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A basic fact of Chinese social life and history is the institution of territorial cults and their festivals, which portray demons and ghosts and protectors against them. This popular religion has no name, but its relationship to official religion and power in China is crucial.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephan Feuchtwang
ISBN: 0700714219 9780700714216 0700713859 9780700713851
OCLC Number: 45580797
Notes: Previous ed.: published as The imperial metaphor. London : Routledge, 1992.
Description: xii, 283 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Responsibility: Stephan Feuchtwang.

Abstract:

A basic fact of Chinese social life and history is the institution of territorial cults and their festivals, which portray demons and ghosts and protectors against them. This popular religion has no name, but its relationship to official religion and power in China is crucial.

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