The Local Promotion of Mazu: The Intersection of Lineage, Textual Representation, Confucian Values, and Temples in Late Imperial China
This article explores the role that local elites played in the development of the Mazu cult, a local goddess cult in Putian district in late imperial China. I argue that local elites were central in the promotion and transmission of the cult. Through compiling and writing key Confucian texts featuri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2020]
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Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3 |
| Further subjects: | B
popular religion
B textual representations B Lin lineage B local elites B Confucianism B Mazu worship |
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