Transnational Religious Tourism in Modern China and the Transformation of the Cult of Mazu

This article explores transformations in the worship of popular goddess Mazu as a result of (religious) tourism. In particular, it focuses on the role of transnational tourism in the invention of tradition, folklorization, and commodification of the Mazu cult. Support from the central and local gove...

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Main Author: Zhang, Yanchao (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B folklorization
B Pilgrimage
B Transnationalism
B Diaspora
B invention of tradition
B Sacred Sites
B Religious Tourism
B ancestral temple of Mazu
B Commodification
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