Powerful Deity or National Geopark
The Pilgrimage to A-myes-rma-chen in 2014/2015, Transformations of Modernisation and State Secularism, and Environmental Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4849757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Sehnalova (0000-0002-8258-1798, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 216-282 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Inner Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8172 • E-ISSN: 2210-5018 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22105018-12340127 |
| OpenAlex | W2982212301 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
The paper focuses on one of the most sacred mountains of Tibet, A-myes-rma-chen, located in east Tibet (contemporary mGo-log Prefecture, Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China). It deals mainly with two topics: the ongoing vivid revitalisation of the cult of the mountain and its deity since the Cultural Revolution, and how this interacts with the current changes at the site due to state-planned modernisation and development within the 'Great Development of the West' (Xibu da kaifa) strategy extensively implemented since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is paid to the recent great circumambulation pilgrimage to A-myes-rma-chen, performed once every 12 years in a Horse Year, which took place in 2014/15, in the Horse Year 2143 of the Tibetan calendar. The article shows the present form of the pilgrimage, its reflection of and accustomisation to these changes, and the resulting quick transformation of the institution of pilgrimage. Pilgrims' and local people's understandings and views, alterations and modifications of their behaviour and pilgrimage practice, as well as actual reactions, are discussed. The article argues that the site of A-myes-rma-chen is currently being reinterpreted by the state in a secularised, commodifying and territorialising discourse in order to incorporate the area more closely, both politically and culturally. A-myes-rma-chen thus represents a space contested by different cultural and interest groups
Ancient history · Archaeology · Chen · China · Cult · Ethnology · Geography · Geopark · Islam · Modernization theory · Pilgrimage · Political science · Secularism · Secularization · Sociology · Tourism · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · History · Law · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Geology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |