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Religious Festivities, Communal Rivalry, and Restructuring of Authority Relations in Rural Chaozhou, Southeast China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2010

Irene Eng  and
Yi-Min Lin
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The fifth day of the Lunar New Year marks the beginning of six weeks of religious festivities in the rural area of Chaozhou, a distinct dialect region in Southeast China. Scheduled on separate dates, processions of local deities are staged by different villages. On the morning of the chosen day, villagers flock to the main village temple, where wooden statues of the divine occupants are congregated with those from other local temples. Each family sets up a table in the courtyard, lights incense and candles, and presents its offerings (of chicken, duck, goose, fish, rice, wine, fruits, cakes, and candies) to the statues. With paper money set on fire, worship and prayers begin.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , November 2002 , pp. 1259 - 1285
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002

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