author: graeme lang

Building Temples in China: Memories, Tourism and Identities

... fortune-sticks ̄. method (qiu qian):the worshipper asks the god a question or seeksaprescription fora particular type ofmedical problem and thenshakes a bamboo container holding these numbered sticks until one falls out. The number on ...

Social Scientific Studies of Religion in China: Methodology, Theories, and Findings

... Tablet Fair. The evolution of the Dragon Tablet Fair did not remove the tension that existed between the Fair and the government and state ideology. Officially labeled a form of “superstition,” the Dragon Tablet Fair was still looked ...

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