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Theravādizing Ghost Festival in Taiwan
Author Cheng, Wei-yi
Source Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Volumev.13 n.2
Date2012.11
Pages281 - 299
PublisherRoutledge
Publisher Url https://www.routledge.com/
LocationAbingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
KeywordFestivals; Theravada Buddhism; Syncretism (Religion); Ritual; Buddhists
AbstractThis paper uses an ethnographic study of the Ghost Festival rite performed by a Sri Lankan Theravāda temple in Taipei to illustrate the relationship between religious syncretism and missionary work. It explains how this Chinese ritual has been transformed in a Theravāda setting and made acceptable to Theravāda sentiment, and how it is adopted to advance the agenda of Theravāda missionary. Ghost Festival has had a long history in the Chinese culture and is an important ritual in Chinese Buddhism. However, the Ghost Festival does not exist in Theravāda tradition. The Theravādization of Ghost Festival thus offers interesting insight into the increasing exchange among Buddhists across different traditions in Asia.
Table of contentsThe Sri Lankan Buddhist Missionary 282
The Chinese Ghost Festival 285
Preparations 288
Theravadizing 292
Syncretizing 294
Summary 296
Acknowledgements 296
Notes 296
References 297
ISSN14639947 (P); 14767953 (E)
DOI10.1080/14639947.2012.716704
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Created date2013.07.29
Modified date2017.07.14



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