Folklore studies of traditional Chinese house-building / Shiwu Li.
Li, Shiwu, 1984- author.
2022
GT365 .L5 2022
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Title Folklore studies of traditional Chinese house-building / Shiwu Li.
Author Li, Shiwu, 1984- author.
Uniform Title Zhongguo gong jiang jian fang min su kao lun. English
ISBN 9789811654770 (electronic bk.)
9811654778 (electronic bk.)
9789811654763
981165476X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5477-0
Published Singapore : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Language Note Translated from Chinese.
Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 200 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-16-5477-0 doi
Call Number GT365 .L5 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 392.3/60951
Summary This book provides extensive information on craftsmen-built houses in China. Though some inroads have been made in studying this folk custom, this work represents the first comprehensive and systematic monograph. The book examines the topic at the two main levels of history and theory. Combining historical textual research, contemporary textual research, and field study, the book presents systematic information on the folk custom of craftsmen-built houses in China. At the level of theoretical research, it puts forward some original opinions on the major theoretical issues, such as the folk custom of religious belief, the boundary between superstition and religion, and the relationship between oral literature and ritual. The book provides a guide to help readers systematically understand the folk custom of craftsmen-built houses in China. Sharing valuable insights into Chinese architectural history, as well as religious studies, cultural anthropology, and folklore, it will appeal to researchers in the fields of folklore, cultural anthropology, and architecture and can also serve as a popular science book for understanding Chinese architectural culture.
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Intro
Introduction
Significance of Constructed Human Dwellings and Deified Artisans
Incipient Building Construction Folklore
Literature Review and Data Sources
Purpose, Significance, and Methodology
Contents
1 Land Worship and Building Construction Folklore
1.1 Gruesome Sacrifices and Relics from the Age of Barbarianism
1.2 Personification of Land Deity and Ground-Breaking Ceremony
2 Tree Worship and Building Construction Folklore
2.1 Origin of Tree Cutting Taboos and Evil-Removing Ceremonies
2.2 Sanctification of Beams and Columns in Kunlun Mythology
2.3 Wood, Dragon and the Law of Participation
3 Beam Setting Ceremony and the Use of Fetishes
3.1 Beam Setting Ceremony
3.2 Eight Diagrams, Rooster, and Beam Setting Coins
4 Supernatural Beings, Incantations and Talismans: The Taoist Influences
4.1 Two Ways Supernatural Beings Help House Builders
4.2 Taoist Talismans and Incantations in the Building Construction Process
5 House Builder's Covert Sorcery and Its Social and Cultural Context
5.1 Injurious Sorcery and Its Origin
5.2 Cultural Motivation for House Builder's Covert Sorcery
5.3 Sorcery as Bargaining Chips Between Artisans and Those Who Hired Them
5.4 Classification of Sorcery Folklore in Social and Cultural Context
6 The Legend of Gun and the Origin and Evolution of Chiwei
6.1 The Religious and Political Symbolism of Chiwei
6.2 The Mythological Origin of Chiwei
7 Conclusion
7.1 Legends and Rituals
7.2 Symbolism and Limen
7.3 Religion and Sorcery
References.

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