Miaohui, the temples meeting festival in North China
We examine the multiple purposes and modalities that converge during a circuit of festivals, miaohui, which temples organize in recognition of local gods and which are attended reciprocally by temple representatives from the surrounding area in North China. The festivals involve intense expressions...
| Published in: | China information |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2007
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China information
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| Further subjects: | B
Cultural event
B Village B Government B Religion B Religious practice B Temple B State B Volksrepublik China China (Norden) Rural area Village Temple Religiöse Praxis Kulturelle Veranstaltung Religiöse Kultur Mao, Zedong Wechselbeziehungen Religion und Politik Traditionelle Kultur Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat Communist Party of China Regierungspolitik B China B Rural area B Politics B Traditional culture B Religious organization B Culture |
| Summary: | We examine the multiple purposes and modalities that converge during a circuit of festivals, miaohui, which temples organize in recognition of local gods and which are attended reciprocally by temple representatives from the surrounding area in North China. The festivals involve intense expressions of devotion to one or more deities, while offering an opportunity for representatives of other villages to seek recognition through rather boisterous drumming and prolonged choreographed dancing. We note also the emergence of Mao as a great god whose legacy as Chairman of the CCP is projected in order to legitimate current Party leadership and their policy of reform while concurrently acting as a powerful denial of those same policies from the perspective of villagers. (China Inf/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 0920-203X |
| Contains: | In: China information
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