The Sarawak Dabogong Festival and Its Social Significance in the Chinese Community in Malaysia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21235610 |
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| Authors | Yu-Tsuen Hsu (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology), Hsu Yu-Tsuen (Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan, [email protected]), Chang Wei-An (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Han-Pi Chang (National Central University), Chang Han-Pi (Professor, Department of Hakka Language and Social Sciences, National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan, [email protected]) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-60 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Religion and Chinese Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2214-3955 • E-ISSN: 2214-3947 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22143955-20200002 |
| OpenAlex | W3112014330 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Dabogong is a Chinese deity with a widespread following in Sarawak; however, the connections between Dabogong temples are underdeveloped compared with that between Chinese subethnic associations.1 Therefore, Sibu Dabogong Temple proposed to establish an association to plan and oversee the Sarawak Dabogong Festival in 2009. Since then, the scope of the organization’s membership and activities has become national as well as international. To learn how the social meaning of the festival is understood by the participants, we reviewed the local historical literature, conducted field research, and administered a questionnaire survey during the third Sarawak Dabogong Festival at Kuching 10 Miles in Sarawak in 2011. First, we explored the defining characteristic of Dabogong temples in Sarawak, the prominence of Dabogong in the Sarawak Chinese community, reasons for building temples, the accompanying gods in a Dabogong temple, and the timing of temple construction. Next, we examined the formation of the Dabogong Festival and the characteristics of the participants. Finally, we determined that the social significance of the festival can be attributed to its role in the transmission of Chinese tradition and the promotion of Dabogong belief
Archaeology · Cartography · China · Field survey · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · Halal products and consumer behavior · History · Law · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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