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Religious beliefs of the Miao and I tribes in An-shun Kweichow

Pien-chen Kung-lun [Frontier Affairs]1 (7,8) • Published In 1942 • Pages: 88-92 [HRAF ms: i, 14 ]

By: Chen, Guojun, Tsao, Lien-en.

Abstract
The religious life of the Miao and Miao-acculturated Chung-chia of the An-shun ara is described. Attention is given to the following topics: Chinese influence on religion (including ancestral tablets); Catholic and Protestant missions; mediums, both male and female; the spirit theory of disease; magical and mental therapy; native deities; purification ceremonies; ancestor worship; medical killing of children (sic); divination; and sorcery.
Subjects
General character of religion
Missions
Prophets and ascetics
Spirits and gods
Cult of the dead
Magical and mental therapy
Sorcery
Theory of disease
Abortion and infanticide
Development and maturation
Luck and chance
Ethos
culture
Miao
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Arthur Fields
Field Date
No date
Coverage Date
1940-1942
Coverage Place
An-shun area, Kweichow Province, China
Notes
[by] Kuo-chun Ch'en ; translation by Lien-en Tsao
Translation of: [Kweichow An-shun Miao-I ti tsung-chiao hsin Yang]
The original Chinese text is not available in the eHRAF Collection
Translated from the Chinese for the Human Relations Area Files by Lien-en Tsao
LCSH
Religion--Hmong (Asian people)