Refashioning Festivals in Republican Guangzhou  

Oleh:

Wah, Poon Shuk

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Modern China vol. 30 no. 2 (Apr. 2004), page 199-227.
Topik: Republican China; popular religion; Guangzhou history; Chinese festival; common people
Fulltext: 199MC302.pdf (133.47KB)

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Influenced by the concept of evolution, the Republican regime branded popular religious beliefs and practices as “superstition,” believing that the eradication of “superstition” was crucial to the making of modern citizens. Government policies not only affected the development of popular religion but also reshaped the relationship between the state and the common people. Tracing the changes of the Double Seven Festival and the Ghost Festival in Republican Guangzhou, this article aims to show the complexities of the contestations between the state and the common people in actual religious settings, particularly the interaction between official culture and traditional festivals. It argues that although new national symbols successfully found their way into common people’s religious lives, helping to give a nationalistic outlook to traditional festivals, underneath the expansion of an official culture, a rich variety of local traditions persisted. By appropriating official symbols, the common people refashioned and preserved their religious traditions.

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