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.