The Stone of Mount Tai: Shigandang Worship in Northern China and the Power of Symbols
By using ethnographic evidence and theoretical analysis, this article challenges the distinction between symbolic meanings and power lying in material objects. The perception and worship of the stones from a holy mountain in a city in northern China show how the symbolic meaning and the agency of ma...
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Taylor & Francis
[2019]
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Material religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-81 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China (Nord)
/ Tai Shan
/ Symbol
/ Weihestein
/ Materiality
/ Veneration
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IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBM Asia |
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Latour
B symbolic B Agency B Network B shigandang B Stone |
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