For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors: The Chinese Tradition of Paper Offerings
ISBN: 9789882200524
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Hong Kong University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Religion;

Offerings of various kinds OCo food, incense, paper money and figures OCo have been central to Chinese culture for millennia, and as a public, visual display of spiritual belief, they are still evident today in China and in Chinatowns around the world. Using Hong Kong as a case study, Janet Scott looks at paper offerings from every conceivable angle OCo how they are made, sold, and used. Her comprehensive investigation touches on virtually every aspect of Chinese popular religion as it explores the many forms of these intricate objects, their manufacture, their significance, and their importance in rituals to honor gods, care for ancestors, and contend with ghosts."


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