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The Ghost Festival in Medieval China

By Stephen F. Teiser

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1988
ISBN
0691055254, 9780691055251
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8278499 bytes)
Pages
296\290
Time added
2018-01-11 10:57:42
Buddhism;Dalai Lama;History;Mahayana;Rituals & Pra

Description

Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism. Stephen Teiser examines one of the most important of such annual celebrations. He provides a comprehensive interpretation of the festivities of the seventh lunar month, in which laypeople presented offerings to Buddhist monks to gain salvation for their ancestors. Teiser uncovers a wide range of sources, many translated or analyzed for the first time in any language, to demonstrate how the symbolism, rituals, and mythology of the ghost festival pervaded the social landscape of medieval China.

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