Confucian rituals and Chinese villagers ritual change and social transformation in a southeastern Chinese community, 1368-1949 /
by Yonghua Liu.
- 1 online resource.
- Religion in Chinese Societies ; 6 .
- Religion in Chinese societies ; 6. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one. Introduction -- part two. Lisheng as cultural mediators -- part three. Lineage, ritual, and corporate estates -- part four. A strange community compact? -- part five. The worship of gods.
In 'Confucian rituals and chinese villagers', Yonghua Liu presents a detailed study of how a southeastern Chinese community experienced and responded to the process whereby Confucian rituals - previously thought unfit for practice by commoners - were adopted in the Chinese countryside and became an integral part of village culture, from the mid fourteenth to mid twentieth centuries. The book examines the important but understudied ritual specialists, masters of rites (lisheng), and their ritual handbooks while showing their crucial role in the ritual life of Chinese villagers. This discussion of lisheng and their rituals deepens our understanding of the ritual aspect of popular Confucianism and sheds new light on social and cultural transformations in late imperial China.0.
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Confucianism--History.--China, Southeast Confucianism--Rituals--History and criticism.--China, Southeast Religion and sociology--China, Southeast. Neo-Confucianism--Social aspects--China, Southeast. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism. RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
China, Southeast--Religious life and customs. China, Southeast--Social life and customs.