{"product_id":"ritual-alliances-of-the-putian-plain-volume-one-historical-introduction-to-the-return-of-the-gods","title":"Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Volume One: Historical Introduction to the Return of the Gods","description":"Making ingenious use of a wide variety of sources, and old as well as modern technical resources, Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman here set a new standard for an histoire totale for a coherently well-defined cultural region in China. At the same time it deals in-depth with the ongoing negotiation of modernity in Chinese village rituals.\u003cbr\u003eOver the past thirty years, local popular religion has been revived and re-invented in the villages of the irrigated alluvial plain of Putian, Fujian, China. Volume 1 provides a historical introduction to the formation of 153 regional ritual alliances made up of 724 villages. Early popular cults, Ming lineages, Qing multi-village alliances, late Qing spirit-medium associations, 20th century state attacks on local religion, and the role of Overseas Chinese and local communities in rebuilding the temple networks are discussed. Volume 2 surveys the current population, lineages, temples, gods, and annual rituals of these villages. Maps of each ritual alliance, the distribution of major cults and lineages, are included. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFind information about a film related to the book \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boredinheaven.com\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46697802662098,"sku":"9789004176027","price":237.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_21974943-d994-40f8-80d0-92c914d0f1ce.jpg?v=1768078439","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/ritual-alliances-of-the-putian-plain-volume-one-historical-introduction-to-the-return-of-the-gods","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}