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Building Temples in China: Memories, Tourism and Identities

Building Temples in China: Memories, Tourism and Identities

Chan, Selina Ching
Lang, Graeme

Paperback

Series: Anthropology of Asia

AnthropologyGeneral ArchitectureGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 1138295302
ISBN13: 9781138295308
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 24 2017
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

This book examines the revival of worship of the Chinese Deity Huang Daxian and the building of many new temples to the god in mainland China over the last 20 years. It analyses the role of local governments in initiating temple construction projects in China, and how development-oriented temple-building activities in Mainland China reveal the forces of transnational ties, capital, markets and identities, as temples were built with the hope of developing tourism, boosting the local economy, and enhancing Chinese identities for Hong Kong worshippers and Taiwanese in response to the reunification of Hong Kong to China.

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