Journal Of Chinese Folk Lore

Author : Lijun Zhang,Ziying You
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253044112

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Chinese Folklore Studies Today by Lijun Zhang,Ziying You Pdf

Chinese folklorists are well acquainted with the work of their English-language colleagues, but until recently the same could not be said about American scholars’ knowledge of Chinese folkloristics. Chinese Folklore Studies Today aims to address this knowledge gap by illustrating the dynamics of contemporary folklore studies in China as seen through the eyes of the up-and-coming generation of scholars. Contributors to this volume focuses on topics that have long been the dominant areas of folklore studies in China, including myth, folk song, and cultural heritage, as well as topics that are new to the field, such as urban folklore and women’s folklore. The ethnographic case studies presented here represent a broad range of geographic areas within mainland China and also introduce English-language readers to relevant Chinese literature on each topic, creating the foundation for further cross-cultural collaborations between English-language and Chinese folkloristics.

Author : Jie Gao
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774838412

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Saving the Nation through Culture by Jie Gao Pdf

The Modern Chinese Folklore Movement coalesced at National Peking University between 1918 and 1926. A group of academics, inspired by Western thought, tried to revitalize the study of folklore to stave off postwar disillusionment with Chinese elite culture. By documenting this phenomenon’s origins and evolution, Jie Gao opens a new chapter in the world history of the Folklore Movement. Largely unknown in the West and underappreciated in China, the Chinese branch failed to achieve its goal of reinvigorating the nation. But it helped establish a modern discipline, promoting a spirit of academic independence that continues to influence Chinese intellectuals today.

Author : Ziying You
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253046383

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Folk Literati, Contested Tradition, and Heritage in Contemporary China by Ziying You Pdf

In this important ethnography Ziying You explores the role of the "folk literati" in negotiating, defining, and maintaining local cultural heritage. Expanding on the idea of the elite literati—a widely studied pre-modern Chinese social group, influential in cultural production—the folk literati are defined as those who are skilled in classical Chinese, knowledgeable about local traditions, and capable of representing them in writing. The folk literati work to maintain cultural continuity, a concept that is expressed locally through the vernacular phrase: "incense is kept burning." You's research focuses on a few small villages in Hongtong County, Shanxi Province in contemporary China. Through a careful synthesis of oral interviews, participant observation, and textual analysis, You presents the important role the folk literati play in reproducing local traditions and continuing stigmatized beliefs in a community context. She demonstrates how eight folk literati have reconstructed, shifted, and negotiated local worship traditions around the ancient sage-Kings Yao and Shun as well as Ehuang and Nüying, Yao's two daughters and Shun's two wives. You highlights how these individuals' conflictive relationships have shaped and reflected different local beliefs, myths, legends, and history in the course of tradition preservation. She concludes her study by placing these local traditions in the broader context of Chinese cultural policy and UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage program, documenting how national and international discourses impact actual traditions, and the conversations about them, on the ground.

Author : Juwen Zhang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793645142

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Oral Traditions in Contemporary China by Juwen Zhang Pdf

In Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation, Juwen Zhang provides a systematic survey of such oral traditions as folk and fairy tales, proverbs, ballads, and folksongs that are vibrantly practiced today. Zhang establishes a theoretical framework for understanding how Chinese culture has continued for thousands of years with vitality and validity, core and arbitrary identity markers, and folkloric identity. This framework, which describes a cultural self-healing mechanism, is equally applicable to the exploration of other traditions and cultures in the world. Through topics from Chinese Cinderella to the Grimms of China, from proverbs like “older ginger is spicier” to the life-views held by the Chinese, and from mountain songs and ballads to the musical instruments like the clay-vessel-flute, the author weaves these oral traditions across time and space into a mesmerizing intellectual journey. Focusing on contemporary practice, this book serves as a bridge between Chinese and international folklore scholarship and other related disciplines as well. Those interested in Chinese culture in general and Chinese folklore, literature, and oral tradition in particular will certainly delight in perusing this book.

Author : Jing Wang
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 082231195X

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The Story of Stone by Jing Wang Pdf

In this pathbreaking study of three of the most familiar texts in the Chinese tradition--all concerning stones endowed with magical properties--Jing Wang develops a monumental reconstruction of ancient Chinese stone lore. Wang's thorough and systematic comparison of these classic works illuminates the various tellings of the stone story and provides new insight into major topics in traditional Chinese literature. Bringing together Chinese myth, religion, folklore, art, and literature, this book is the first in any language to amass the sources of stone myth and stone lore in Chinese culture. Uniting classical Chinese studies with contemporary Western theoretical concerns, Wang examines these stone narratives by analyzing intertextuality within Chinese traditions. She offers revelatory interpretations to long-standing critical issues, such as the paradoxical character of the monkey in The Journey to the West, the circularity of narrative logic in The Dream of the Red Chamber, and the structural necessity of the stone tablet in Water Margin. By both challenging and incorporating traditional sinological scholarship, Wang's The Story of Stone reveals the ideological ramifications of these three literary works on Chinese cultural history and makes the past relevant to contemporary intellectual discourse. Specialists in Chinese literature and culture, comparative literature, literary theory, and religious studies will find much of interest in this outstanding work, which is sure to become a standard reference on the subject.

Author : Anne Birrell
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0801861837

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Chinese Mythology by Anne Birrell Pdf

In Chinese Mythology, Anne Birrell provides English translations of some 300 representative myth narratives selected from over 100 classical texts, many of which have never before been translated into any Western language. Organizing the narratives according to themes and motifs common to world mythology, Birrell addresses issues of source, dating, attribution, textural variants, multiforms, and context. Drawing on exhaustive work in comparative mythology, she surveys the development of Chinese myth studies, summarizes the contribution of Chinese and Japanese scholars to the study of Chinese myth since the 1920s, and examines special aspects of traditional approaches to Chinese myth. The result is an unprecedented guide to the study of Chinese myth for specialists and nonspecialists alike.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : China
ISBN : IND:32000004220986

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Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the Year by Anonim Pdf

Author : Regina F. Bendix,Galit Hasan-Rokem
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405194990

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A Companion to Folklore by Regina F. Bendix,Galit Hasan-Rokem Pdf

A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international experts Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore Considers folklore in the context of multi-disciplinary topics that include poetics, performance, religious practice, myth, ritual and symbol, oral textuality, history, law, politics and power as well as the social base of folklore Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Folklore
ISBN : UGA:32108057773049

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The Journal of American Folklore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781787552647

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Chinese Myths & Tales by Anonim Pdf

Curated new Myths and Tales. Great floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China's unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless wars between tribes and dynasties. The result is a rich landscape of humanity, gods and spirits introduced here in this comprehensive book of folk tales and legendary exploits. The latest title in Flame Tree's beautiful, comprehensive series of Gothic Fantasy titles, concentrates on the ancient, epic origins of modern fantasy.

Author : Zhaoyuan Tian,Shuxian Ye,Hang Qian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9811559309

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Myths of the Creation of Chinese by Zhaoyuan Tian,Shuxian Ye,Hang Qian Pdf

Drawing on the sun, moon, dragon, phoenix, Nuwa, Yandi, Huangdi and other widely circulated cultural elements as examples, this book addresses the development and evolution of the most representative Chinese creation myths regarding nature, totems, ancestors and saints. The book not only interprets key creation myths, but also elaborates on the connection between the myths and some of the core values and concepts in Chinese civilization. For example, the long and jade culture is rooted in the Yellow Emperor’s revered jade weapon. Further, the book reveals the kernels of truth in the myths by presenting new research findings and research methods.

Author : Howard Giskin
Publisher : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015040734843

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Chinese Folktales by Howard Giskin Pdf

Discover the rich background of this culture through these tales handed down from one generation to the next in the oral tradition. Every province of China is represented, and each story is put in perspective using maps, pronunciation guide, and notes

Author : Huang Dehai,Xiang Jing,Zhang Dinghao
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781602201705

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Illustrated Myths & Legends of China by Huang Dehai,Xiang Jing,Zhang Dinghao Pdf

Illustrated Myths & Legends of China is a profusely illustrated collection of 32 carefully chosen tales of Chinese myth and legend. With more than 100 illustrations drawn over two thousand years of all aspects of Chinese art—including painting, pottery and porcelain, jade, bronzes and tomb decoration—Illustrated Myths & Legends of China is a vividly written collection of tales of the universe's emergence from chaos, the creation of the world in which the first Chinese people appeared and a depiction of how the many strands of myth and legend have influenced Chinese culture. An impressive array of heroic figures and rich storytelling are at the center of these tales including: Pangu opening heaven to save the earth from chaos. Nuwa creating man and repairing the vault of heaven. Fuxi fixing the calendar by observing the heavens. Shennong creating agriculture. Cangjie inventing writing thus creating the basis for Chinese culture. Fragments of these myths and legends are found in Chinese paintings, wood artifacts, relief carvings, and lacquer art which are illustrated in this book along with informative text. Anyone interested in Chinese culture, mythology, history or art will find this collection a must-have volume for their bookshelf.

Author : Daniel Overmyer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047429364

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Local Religion in North China in the Twentieth Century by Daniel Overmyer Pdf

This book is a comprehensive survey of the structure, organization and institutionalization of local community religious traditions in north China villages in the twentieth century.

Author : Chang-tai Hung
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781684172580

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Going to the People by Chang-tai Hung Pdf

"It is generally believed that Mao Zedong’s populism was an abrupt departure from traditional Chinese thought. This study demonstrates that many of its key concepts had been developed several decades earlier by young May Fourth intellectuals, including Liu Fu, Zhou Zuoren, and Gu Jiegang. The Chinese folk-literature movement, begun at National Beijing University in 1918, changed the attitudes of Chinese intellectuals toward literature and toward the common people. Turning their backs on “high culture” and Confucianism, young folklorists began “going to the people,” particularly peasants, to gather the songs, legends, children’s stories, and proverbs that Chang-tai Hung here describes and analyzes. Their focus on rural culture, rural people, and rural problems was later to be expanded by the Chinese Communist revolutionaries."