Based on the growing awareness that important processes of change shaped the fate of
Chinese religion during the last decade of the Qing and the entire Republican period, this …

This article narrates how a temple fair worshipping a dragon god, the object of superstition
for about sixty years, became an official piece of intangible cultural heritage. This story takes …

In its self-appointed role as the savior of Chinese culture, the Nationalist regime at Nanjing
(1927–1937) sought to define habits suitable for a modern citizen, and to eliminate customs …

One unforeseen consequence of the Deng Xiaoping reform agenda has been the
resurgence of popular interest in religious traditions and spiritual practices. Like the erosion …

NANPUTUO IS A MAJOR TEMPLE on China's southeast coast that was shut down during
the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) but has since rapidly revived. The temple's academy for …

The spectacular confrontation between the Chinese government and the Falungong spiritual
movement has focused attention on the very visible conflict between state and religion in …

Chinese Abstract 維護佛教地位―贊寧⟪ 僧史略⟫ 中的歷史觀贊寧是北宋時出名的儒僧，
他不僅精通儒佛思想， 也與當時重要的政官以及士大夫建立了良好的互動關係。 在十世紀末 …

The aim of this study is to highlight the role played by a time-honoured yet creative pattern of
monastic reform in the transition of Chinese Buddhism to modernity: this is the renewal of …

This paper examines elite memories of religious life in modern Wenzhou 溫州 by focusing
on a lengthy account (two volumes exceeding 100,000 Chinese characters) entitled …

China's quest for modernity since the early twentieth century has put popular religion in a
vulnerable situation. A large number of temples were demolished or converted for other …