peng mu, religion and religious practices in rural china,routledge, 2020.
published： 2020-10-28
religion and religious practices in rural china, mu peng, routledge, 2020。
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religionandreligiouspracticesinruralchina
thisbookexploreshow,unlikeinthewest,thedailyreligiouslifeofmostchinesepeoplespreadswithoutinstitutionalpropagation.baseduponmorethanadecadeoffieldresearchinruralchina,thebookdemonstratesthedecisiveroleofritesofpassageandyearlyfestivalritualsheldineveryhouseholdinshapingpeople’sreligiousdispositions.itfocusesonthefamily,theunitmostcentraltochinesecultureandsociety,andrevealstherepertoireembodiedindailylifeinaworldenvisionedascomprisingboththe“yin”worldofancestors,spirits,andghosts, andthe “yang” worldoftheliving.it discusses especiallytheconceptofbai,whichreferstobothconcretebodilymovementsthatexpressrespectandawe,suchasbowing,kneeling,orholdingupritualofferings,andtopeople’sreligiousinclinationsanddispositions,whichindicatethattheyareawareofaspiritual realm that is separate from yetclose to theworldoftheliving. overall,thebookshowsthatthedailypracticesofreligionarenotaseparatesphere,butrather beliefandritualintegrated into a wayofdwellingina worldenvisaged asconsistingofboththe“yin”andthe“yang”worldsthatregularlycommunicatewitheachother.
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contents
a note on unitsof measurement and romanization xi
1 words and things: a theoretical map 1
2 dixia, difu, anddiyu: the contour of theyinworld 38
3 encountering death: funeral ritualsin practice 71
4 bai,offeringincenseandhosting:communicating
with the yinworld 119
5 doing handicraft: bridging the yin and yang 159
6 esoteric knowledge:imitating masters 194
7 reflection:i justcouldnotbai 221
glossary 227
index 235
