Religion and Folk Belief in Chinese Literature and Theatre

• Other Authors: Zhao, Xiaohuan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Cheng 誠; cheng 成; sincerity; completion; religion; ritual; Classical Confucianism; literature; baojuan (precious scrolls); telling scriptures; scroll recitation; chinese folklore; popular religion; buddhist narrative; China; Xiud Yax Lus Qim (Yalu wang); Miao (Hmong) ethnic group; oral performance; ritual practice; sorcery and witchcraft; collective memory; cultural heritage; state presence; temple festival; temple theatre; Jiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festival; the Primordial Sovereign of the Morning Clouds (Bixia yuanjun); Shangdang; Liaozhai zhiyi; Daoism; dramas; Sichuan; willow; Yuan zaju; shamanism; legend; metaphor; Chinese religions; Chinese literature; Ming; Deng Zhimo; hagiography; Lü Dongbin; Xu Xun; Sa Shoujian; print culture; Pei Yue; poems; Buddhism; monks; social association; Miao culture; performance studies; performance ethnography; indigenous studies; folk traditions; mythology; the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu); Han rhapsody (fu); Han paintings; Hantomb stone reliefs; the Wuliang Shrine
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This edited volume offers a historical, textual and ethnoanthropological exploration of the meaning and value of religion and ritual and their form and function in relation to Chinese literature and theatre. The term 'theatre' is used here to refer broadly to various types of live performa...