The Space of Religion: Temple, State, and Buddhist Communities in Modern China Ashiwa Yoshiko
The Space of Religion: Temple, State, and Buddhist Communities in Modern China Ashiwa Yoshiko The Nanputuo Temple in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen has been a cherished site for the worship…
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The Space of Religion: Temple, State, and Buddhist Communities in Modern China Ashiwa Yoshiko
The Nanputuo Temple in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen has been a cherished site for the worship of the bodhisattva Guanyin for centuries. The Space of Religion takes readers inside the Nanputuo Temple in order to explore the practice of Buddhism in modern China and the complex relationship between Buddhism and the Chinese state.Based on three decades of ethnographic research, Yoshiko Ashiwa and David L. It was a center of modernizing Buddhism in the early twentieth century and a flagship for the revival of Buddhism after state suppression during the Cultural Revolution.
They vividly depict episodes such as renovating the halls, reestablishing ties with overseas Chinese donors, conflicts with local government, revival of ritual life, reopening of its Buddhist Wank tell the story of Nanputuo against the backdrop of a dramatic stretch of Chinese history.