Asian Folk Religion and Cultural Interaction

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Asian Folk Religion and Cultural Interaction

Name: Asian Folk Religion and Cultural Interaction
Brand: Brill Deutschland GmbH
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Written by Yoshihiro Nikaidō

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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 My?ken 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.

ISBN-13: 9783847104858
Publisher: V&R unipress
Imprint: Brill Deutschland GmbH
Publication date: 28 October 2015
Format: Hardback
Pages: 230
Dimensions: 237 x 160 mm
Illustrations: mit zahlreichen Abbildungen
Language: English