Writ in Water: Ancestry among Cantonese Boat Populations / 奉祀水中:廣東蜑家人的祖宗

Abstract This article explores the ancestral cult among boat-dwelling fishermen on the South China coast, based on ethnographies of Hong Kong and Macau. What seems to differ from ritual practices ashore can tentatively be shown to be a cultural transformation, in which ‘rice’ has been exchanged for...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. - Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. - 56(2016) vom: Jan., Seite 67-91
1. Verfasser: Aijmer, Göran (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
Schlagworte:South China ancestors death symbology generative approaches 南中國 祖先 死亡 象徵學 增進生產的方式 mehr... Applied sciences Social sciences Business Behavioral sciences Physical sciences Biological sciences Economics