A Recent Quest for Religious Roots

The Revival of the Guangze Zunwang Cult and Its Sino-Southeast Asian Networks, 1978–2009

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ID20478798
AuthorsJack Meng-Tat Chia (0000-0002-7380-6158, Cornell University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume41
Issue2
Pages91-123
Publication date2013-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Chinese Religions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0737-769X • E-ISSN: 2050-8999
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/0737769x13z.0000000004
OpenAlexW1993860348
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited15

This article examines issues surrounding the revival of the cult of Guangze Zunwang and its religious networks between Southeast China and the Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore from 1978 to 2009. It reveals that the quest of overseas Chinese for the religious roots of Guangze Zunwang’s cult has contributed to the rebuilding of the Shishan Fengshan Si in particular and the cult’s sacred sites in general. The resurgence of diasporic religious networks has facilitated the transnational movement of financial resources and allowed overseas Chinese to make regular pilgrimages and participate in the cult’s religious activities in China. I argue that, on the one hand, this renewal of religious ties, which has led to the proliferation of pilgrimages and religious excursions to the cult’s sacred sites in China, and expeditions from China to Malaysia and Singapore, has benefited both the Shishan Fengshan Si and the overseas temples; on the other hand, it led to religious competition and inter-temple rivalries between the different principal sites of the cult in China

Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Cult · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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