Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village
<i>Yingshen saishe</i> <i>or saishe</i> is a general name for all types of temple festivals held to offer sacrifices to deities of local communities. With its roots traceable to ancient shamanic beliefs and practices, <i>saishe</i> demonstrates itself as a closely...
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| description | <i>Yingshen saishe</i> <i>or saishe</i> is a general name for all types of temple festivals held to offer sacrifices to deities of local communities. With its roots traceable to ancient shamanic beliefs and practices, <i>saishe</i> demonstrates itself as a closely integrated form of religious ritual performance and musical/theatrical performance and proves to be instrumental in the development of Chinese theatre from ritual to drama. Based on my fieldwork on Jiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festival in May 2016, this paper offers a close examination of Jiacun temple culture and temple theatre with focus on the religious ritual performance and musical/theatrical entertainment presented during the festival. In so doing, this paper provides an enhanced understanding of the highly dynamic, interactive relationships between temple and theatre and between efficacy and entertainment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce4540f965ed463186df19b601dc29512023-11-23T10:22:40ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-12-011212110510.3390/rel12121105Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun VillageXiaohuan Zhao0Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia<i>Yingshen saishe</i> <i>or saishe</i> is a general name for all types of temple festivals held to offer sacrifices to deities of local communities. With its roots traceable to ancient shamanic beliefs and practices, <i>saishe</i> demonstrates itself as a closely integrated form of religious ritual performance and musical/theatrical performance and proves to be instrumental in the development of Chinese theatre from ritual to drama. Based on my fieldwork on Jiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festival in May 2016, this paper offers a close examination of Jiacun temple culture and temple theatre with focus on the religious ritual performance and musical/theatrical entertainment presented during the festival. In so doing, this paper provides an enhanced understanding of the highly dynamic, interactive relationships between temple and theatre and between efficacy and entertainment.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/12/1105ritualtemple festivaltemple theatreJiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festivalthe Primordial Sovereign of the Morning Clouds (Bixia yuanjun)Shangdang |
| spellingShingle | Xiaohuan Zhao Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village Religions ritual temple festival temple theatre Jiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festival the Primordial Sovereign of the Morning Clouds (Bixia yuanjun) Shangdang |
| title | Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village |
| title_full | Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village |
| title_fullStr | Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village |
| title_full_unstemmed | Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village |
| title_short | Form Follows Function in Community Rituals in North China: Temples and Temple Festivals in Jiacun Village |
| title_sort | form follows function in community rituals in north china temples and temple festivals in jiacun village |
| topic | ritual temple festival temple theatre Jiacun Double-Fourth Temple Festival the Primordial Sovereign of the Morning Clouds (Bixia yuanjun) Shangdang |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/12/1105 |
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