The Precious Scroll of the Blood Pond in the "Telling Scriptures" Tradition in Changshu, Jiangsu, China

The Precious Scroll of the Blood Pond is a newly discovered manuscript (copied ca. 1993), used in the "telling scriptures" tradition in Changshu, which represents ritualized storytelling based on the vernacular narrative texts called "precious scrolls" (baojuan). The local tradit...

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Main Author: Berezkin, Rostislav (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 10
Further subjects:B popular religion
B scroll recitation
B buddhist narrative
B Ritual
B chinese folklore
B telling scriptures
B baojuan (precious scrolls)
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