The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China

The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780415520799
ISBN-13 : 0415520797
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Book Synopsis The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China by : Eugene Cooper

Download or read book The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China written by Eugene Cooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early communist period of the 1950s, temple fairs in China were suppressed, however, once China embarked on its path of free market reform secular commodity exchange fairs were again authorized, and sometimes encouraged as a means of stimulating rural commerce. This book reveals how once these secular "temple-less temple fairs" were in place, they came to serve not only as venues for the proliferation of popular cultural performance genres, but also as sites for the revival of popular religious symbols. Examining its economic, popular cultural, popular religious and political dimensions this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the temple fair phenomenon.


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