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Ritual and Mythology of the Chinese Triads

Barend ter Haar
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      This monograph presents a thorough investigation into the phenomenon of the Chinese Triads, their ritual and mythological lore, and their meanings and functions. On the foundations of a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, among which also recent Chinese scholarship, the author interprets Triad myth and ritual in their Chinese religious context. The work includes fine discussions of Triad symbolism, initiation rituals, blood covenants, foundation myth, eschatology, political ideas and other topics.The origins of the Chinese Triads are newly interpreted, as well as the meanings and functions of their ritual and mythological lore, and how these fitted into local religious culture.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Barend ter Haar EAN: 9789004110632 COUNTRY: Netherlands PAGES: WEIGHT: 1108 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Brill DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-11-19 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      China, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities, East Asian religions, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

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      Barend J. ter Haar, Doctorate (1990) in Sinology, University of Leiden. Professor of the Social and Economic History of China at the University of Heidelberg. Has published on religious culture, traditional violence, Triads and sects, including The White Lotus Teachings in Chinese Religious History (Brill, 1992).
      This monograph presents a thorough investigation into the phenomenon of the Chinese Triads, their ritual and mythological lore, and their meanings and functions. On the foundations of a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, among which also recent Chinese scholarship, the author interprets Triad myth and ritual in their Chinese religious context. The work includes fine discussions of Triad symbolism, initiation rituals, blood covenants, foundation myth, eschatology, political ideas and other topics.The origins of the Chinese Triads are newly interpreted, as well as the meanings and functions of their ritual and mythological lore, and how these fitted into local religious culture.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Barend ter Haar EAN: 9789004110632 COUNTRY: Netherlands PAGES: WEIGHT: 1108 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Brill DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-11-19 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      China, Cultural studies, Social groups, communities and identities, East Asian religions, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

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      Barend J. ter Haar, Doctorate (1990) in Sinology, University of Leiden. Professor of the Social and Economic History of China at the University of Heidelberg. Has published on religious culture, traditional violence, Triads and sects, including The White Lotus Teachings in Chinese Religious History (Brill, 1992).

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