3. Shuilu Rites and the Baodingshan Rock Carvings of Dazu

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Figures and Tables 7
4. Acknowledgements 9
5. Introduction Text, Acts, and Traditionalization: Performing Chinese Popular Religion 11
6. Section One: Texts And Acts
7. 1. Confluence of Fears: The 1923 Doomsday Hysteria in China 43
8. 2. Temple Inscriptions as “Text Acts” 63
9. Section Two: Scriptures and Rituals
10. 3. Shuilu Rites and the Baodingshan Rock Carvings of Dazu 89
11. 4. The Worship of the Ten Kings of Purgatory during the Ming-Qing Period 105
12. 5. Feasting with the Great-grandmother: The Tea Banquet Ritual Programs and the Worship of the Mother of Wutong 125
13. 6. Knowledge and Ritual : The Dual Nature of the Scripture Illustrating the Holiness of Emperor Guan (Guandi mingsheng jing) 149
14. Section Three: Saints’ Legends and Gods’ Lore
15. 7. Scorched Head: Daoist Exorcists and Their Divine Generals in Jiangnan Lore 169
16. 8. Assimilation by Names: A Mechanism of Pantheon Development in Local Religion 189
17. Section Four: Temple Festivals and Pilgrimages
18. 9. Our Lady on the Mountain: The Cult of a Daoist Immortal in Village China 211
19. 10. Stone Inscriptions on Mt. Tai and Contemporary Folk Pilgrimage: A Speculation on “Yinbei” 235
20. Index 249