Asian Folk Religion and Cultural Interaction - Couverture rigide

Yoshihiro Nikaidō（二階堂善弘）

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9863501034 ISBN 13 : 9789863501039

Editeur : NTU Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book uses a cultural interaction approach to discuss numerous temples and shrines of Sinitic origin that house Daoist, Buddhist, and folk gods. Such deities were transmitted outside the Chinese continent, or were introduced from other regions and syncretized. Examples include temple guardian gods that arrived in Japan from China and later became deified as part of the Five Mountain system, and a Daoist deity that transformed into a god in Japan after syncretizing with Myoken Bosatsu. The profoundly different images of Ksitigarbha in China and Japan are discussed, as well as Mt. Jiuhua, the center of Ksitigarbha in modern China. Lastly, the process by which Sinitic gods were transmitted to regions outside of the Chinese continent, such as Taiwan, Singapore, and Okinawa, is explored.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NTU Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9863501034
• ISBN 13: 9789863501039
• Reliure: Hardcover-spiral
• Nombre de pages: 230
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