Contents

pp 5-6

List of Figures and Tables

pp 7-8

Acknowledgements

pp 9-9

Dedication

pp 10-10

Introduction: Text, Acts, and Traditionalization: Performing Chinese Popular Religion

pp 11-40

Section One - Texts And Acts

pp 41-42

1 - Confluence of Fears: The 1923 Doomsday Hysteria in China

pp 43-62

2 - Temple Inscriptions as “Text Acts”

pp 63-86

Section Two - Scriptures and Rituals

pp 87-88

3 - Shuilu Rites and the Baodingshan Rock Carvings of Dazu

pp 89-104

4 - The Worship of the Ten Kings of Purgatory during the Ming-Qing Period

pp 105-124

5 - Feasting with the Great-grandmother: The Tea Banquet Ritual Programs and the Worship of the Mother of Wutong

pp 125-148

6 - Knowledge and Ritual: The Dual Nature of the Scripture Illustrating the Holiness of Emperor Guan (Guandi mingsheng jing)

pp 149-166

Section Three - Saints’ Legends and Gods’ Lore

pp 167-168

7 - Scorched Head: Daoist Exorcists and Their Divine Generals in Jiangnan Lore

pp 169-188

8 - Assimilation by Names: A Mechanism of Pantheon Development in Local Religion

pp 189-208

Section Four - Temple Festivals and Pilgrimages

pp 209-210

9 - Our Lady on the Mountain: The Cult of a Daoist Immortal in Village China

pp 211-234

10 - Stone Inscriptions on Mt. Tai and Contemporary Folk Pilgrimage: A Speculation on “Yinbei”

pp 235-248

Index

pp 249-259