2015-07-29

The Religious Cultures of Southwest China, part II

Special Issue on "The Religious Cultures of Southwest China" — Part II
「中國西南宗教文化」專輯(II

Paul R. Katz. “Introduction.” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 188 (2015.6): 1-41.

Taken as a whole, these papers shed new light on the manifold processes by which ritual specialists throughout Southwest China have proven able to perpetuate indigenous traditions while also absorbing elements of outside religions, phenomena that are readily apparent in the reverberation between Daoist and local practices. In addition, this research calls our attention the importance of gender, including that of the ritual specialists being studied, the deities they invoke, and the worshippers they interact with.


康詩瑀。〈導言〉。《民俗曲藝》188 (2015.6): 43-54
Kang Shih-yu. “Introduction.” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 188 (2015.6): 43-54.

本輯的第二部分,延續西南宗教文化的主題,持續對中國西南地區非漢的神職人員角色及其所操演的儀式活動、性別意識和象徵性的文化意義、神職家庭親屬概念的擴展、非漢族的許願及還願儀式等議題進行探究。不僅反思過去既有的相關研究,多以語言區分的群體為共同文化單位的概念,深入探討廣西西南三縣壯族、貴州黔東台江縣苗族、湖南省藍山縣過山瑤族等各區域族群生成時,可能產生漢與非漢族不同認知上的隱含寓義。


Articles in this special issue

高雅寧。〈從廣西西南三縣農曆七月壯族燒衣 (pyau ei) 儀式論壯族本土宗教儀式專家的傳承〉。《民俗曲藝》188 (2015.6): 55-108
Kao Ya-ning. “Burning Paper Clothes Rites and Transmission Patterns of Zhuang Ritual Specialists in Southwest Guangxi.” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 188 (2015.6): 55-108.

何兆華。〈貴州施洞苗族的儀式專家與歷史〉。《民俗曲藝》188 (2015.6): 109-76
Ho Zhaohua. “Ritual Specialists and History in Shidong Miao Society, Guizhou Province.” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 188 (2015.6): 109-76.

Research Note

廣田律子。〈湖南省藍山縣過山瑤的還家願儀禮與盤王傳承及其歌唱〉。《民俗曲藝》188 (2015.6): 177-249
Hirota Ritsuko. “On the Recitation of Pan Wang Songs during 'Huanjiayuan' Initiation Rites among the Guoshan Yao of Lanshan, Hunan Province.” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 188 (2015.6): 177-249.

Research Paper

李甜。〈民間信仰的地域傳播與人文分化:以明清以降寧國府的汪華、張渤信仰為中心〉。《民俗曲藝》188 (2015.6): 215-94
Li Tian. “Geographical Dissemination and Humanity Division: On the Cults of Wang Hua and Zhang Bo of Ningguo Prefecture in Ming and Qing.” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 188 (2015.6): 215-94.


Also in Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore:

康詩瑀。〈湘西仙娘調查訪談錄〉。《民俗曲藝》189 (2015.9): 217-312
Kang Shih-yu. “Spirit Mediums in Western Hunan: An Ethnographic Report.” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 189 (2015.9): 217-312.
Special Issue on "The Religious Cultures of Southwest China" — Part I
「中國西南宗教文化」專輯(I