Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village
Yingshen saishe or saishe is a general name for all types of temple festivals held to offer sacrifices to deities of local communities. With its roots traceable to ancient shamanic beliefs and practices, saishe demonstrates itself as a closely integrated form of religious ritual performance and musi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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Religions
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| Further subjects: | B
Jiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festival
B the Primordial Sovereign of the Morning Clouds (Bixia yuanjun) B Ritual B temple festival B Shangdang B temple theatre |
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| Summary: | Yingshen saishe or saishe is a general name for all types of temple festivals held to offer sacrifices to deities of local communities. With its roots traceable to ancient shamanic beliefs and practices, saishe demonstrates itself as a closely integrated form of religious ritual performance and musical/theatrical performance and proves to be instrumental in the development of Chinese theatre from ritual to drama. Based on my fieldwork on Jiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festival in May 2016, this paper offers a close examination of Jiacun temple culture and temple theatre with focus on the religious ritual performance and musical/theatrical entertainment presented during the festival. In so doing, this paper provides an enhanced understanding of the highly dynamic, interactive relationships between temple and theatre and between efficacy and entertainment. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel12121105 |