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題名 Religious Revival among the Zhuang People in China: Practicing "Superstition" and Standardizing a Zhuang Religion
作者 高雅寧
KAO, Ya-ning
貢獻者 民族系
日期 2014.06
上傳時間 13-Aug-2014 12:08:42 (UTC+8)
摘要 This paper examines two cases of Zhuang religious revival involving multiple actors. It shows how consideration of “superstition” (迷信, mixin) places some religious practice outside the institutional framework when discussing the modern concept of religion in China. In this paper, I particularly focus on two main dimensions of religious revival among the Zhuang people. The first is a grassroots dimension that involves the revival of a so-called “superstitious” cult in which Zhuang people along the Sino-Vietnamese border carry out shamanic rituals to make offerings to a powerful chief-turned-deity, Nong Zhigao, and his wife. The second dimension is a top-down dynamic and involves a series of projects conducted by Zhuang officials, scholars and business persons, which aim to standardize a Zhuang religion, known as Mo religion. These two cases of religious revival demonstrate the varied strategies utilized by different actors in response to government policies regarding religion in China.
關聯 Jornal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43(2), 107-144
資料類型 article
dc.contributor 民族系en_US
dc.creator (作者) 高雅寧zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) KAO, Ya-ningen_US
dc.date (日期) 2014.06en_US
dc.date.accessioned 13-Aug-2014 12:08:42 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 13-Aug-2014 12:08:42 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 13-Aug-2014 12:08:42 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/68686-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper examines two cases of Zhuang religious revival involving multiple actors. It shows how consideration of “superstition” (迷信, mixin) places some religious practice outside the institutional framework when discussing the modern concept of religion in China. In this paper, I particularly focus on two main dimensions of religious revival among the Zhuang people. The first is a grassroots dimension that involves the revival of a so-called “superstitious” cult in which Zhuang people along the Sino-Vietnamese border carry out shamanic rituals to make offerings to a powerful chief-turned-deity, Nong Zhigao, and his wife. The second dimension is a top-down dynamic and involves a series of projects conducted by Zhuang officials, scholars and business persons, which aim to standardize a Zhuang religion, known as Mo religion. These two cases of religious revival demonstrate the varied strategies utilized by different actors in response to government policies regarding religion in China.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Jornal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43(2), 107-144en_US
dc.title (題名) Religious Revival among the Zhuang People in China: Practicing "Superstition" and Standardizing a Zhuang Religionen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen