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Newly-Discovered Manuscripts of a Northern-Chinese Horse King Temple Association.
- Source :
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T'oung Pao . 2019, Vol. 105 Issue 1/2, p183-228. 46p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Written documents from rural north China are rare. This essay examines the newly-discovered records of a Shanxi village association, which was dedicated to the cult of the Horse King. The manuscripts detail the activities, revenues, and expenditures of the Horse King temple association over a hundred-year period (from 1852 until 1956). The essay examines them from social, cultural, and religious perspectives. The manuscripts reveal the internal workings and communal values of a late imperial village association. They unravel the social and economic structure of the village and the centrality of theater in rural culture. Furthermore, the manuscripts bring to the fore a forgotten cult and its ecological background: the Horse King was among the most widely worshiped deities of late imperial China, his flourishing cult reflecting the significance of his protégés – horses, donkeys, and mules – in the agrarian economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00825433
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 1/2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- T'oung Pao
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137627572
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15685322-10512P05