Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, China
Rapid urbanization during the past decades have turned southeastern coastal China from traditional brick settlements into concrete forests. However, studies in Putian Plain reveal that apart from the physical appearances, local popular religion welcomed repercussions in these decades, even during th...
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| description | Rapid urbanization during the past decades have turned southeastern coastal China from traditional brick settlements into concrete forests. However, studies in Putian Plain reveal that apart from the physical appearances, local popular religion welcomed repercussions in these decades, even during the pandemic years. This paper looks at contemporary ritual practices and points out how social, cultural and ecological system of a unique ritual alliance system (Qijing) actives. Through practicing a ritualized everyday life, local communities managed to maintain certain indolence in different political and economic circumstances and achieve cultural resilience through various challenges brought by urbanization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd3b849ee51147459e1cfc872d54b1c42024-02-01T14:39:33ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522024-01-0123148249410.1080/13467581.2023.22380312238031Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, ChinaJing Zheng0Heng Huang1Wuhan UniversityWuhan UniversityRapid urbanization during the past decades have turned southeastern coastal China from traditional brick settlements into concrete forests. However, studies in Putian Plain reveal that apart from the physical appearances, local popular religion welcomed repercussions in these decades, even during the pandemic years. This paper looks at contemporary ritual practices and points out how social, cultural and ecological system of a unique ritual alliance system (Qijing) actives. Through practicing a ritualized everyday life, local communities managed to maintain certain indolence in different political and economic circumstances and achieve cultural resilience through various challenges brought by urbanization.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2023.2238031urbanizationchinapopular religioncultural resiliencepandemic |
| spellingShingle | Jing Zheng Heng Huang Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, China Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering urbanization china popular religion cultural resilience pandemic |
| title | Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, China |
| title_full | Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, China |
| title_fullStr | Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, China |
| title_short | Cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition: a case on the Putian Plain, Fujian Province, China |
| title_sort | cultural resilience in urbanization and the repercussion of tradition a case on the putian plain fujian province china |
| topic | urbanization china popular religion cultural resilience pandemic |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2023.2238031 |
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