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Ancestor Worship

Chinese Studies, 2019
Ancestor worship refers to rituals designed to commemorate and venerate the spirits of one’s deceased forebears. While it is often associated with the Confucian notion of filial piety, ancestor worship crosses the boundaries of religious traditions, geographical regions, and socioeconomic groups.
Eswarappa Kasi, Gladis S. Mathew
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Unmasterful Spirituality: Challenging Ancestor Worship

Ecumenica, 2023
ABSTRACT This essay explores the spiritual and performative practice of ancestor worship as revisited by Czech-Vietnamese queer artist Lê Thị Hoài. The essay unpacks the power dynamics at stake in Lê Thị’s practice and introduces spirituality as a challenge to established power hierarchies.
Kristýna Ilek
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Anthropological Interpretation of the Dali Bai Nationality’s Mid Yuan Festival from the Perspective of Ancestor Worship

Chinese Traditional Culture, 2023
In China, ancestor worship is a way of belief for all ethnic groups, as well as one of the spiritual pillars of clan interaction. The Mid Yuan Festival is one of the important manifestations of ancestor worship. Also known as “Ghost Festival” or “Half of
Ting Xi
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Meishan scroll paintings and ancestor worship of the Flat Land Yao people in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous District, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

Asian Ethnicity, 2022
This article focuses on the Flat Land Yao (Pingdi Yao,平地瑶) people’s ancestor worship reflected in the Meishan scroll paintings which were discovered in Shuibin village, Guanyin township, Gongcheng Yao Autonomous District, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
Fangrong Liao   +3 more
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Tribal myths and ancestor worship

Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China II, 2020
Fu Yuguang, Daniel A. Kiste
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Visualising folk religion and ancestor worship at A-Ma temple in Macau, China

, 2020
This reflective visual essay interacts with the images included as I perused the grounds of the A-Ma temple in Macau on the southern coast of China. This essay is a response to seven images taken during this visit, accompanied by a brief overview of ...
J. McGill
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