essay
Taiwanese architecture and the supernatural
religion and ritual in chinese society • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1974 • Pages: 183-192, 357
By: Wang, Sung-hsing.
Abstract
In this essay Wang examines the physical aspects and religious significance of the three major classes of Taiwanese places of worship, the MIAO (temple), SAN-MIEN-PI (shrine), and CHENG-T'ING (ritual center of the house which contains the domestic altar), and claims that these express a fundamental division of Taiwanese supernatural beings into three categories, which are briefly enumerated.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- David Sherwood ; Marlene Martin
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Chang-hua hsien, Taipei hsien, Kuei-shan Island, and Chia-i hsien, Taiwan
- Notes
- Sung-hsing Wang
- Includes bibliography
- LCSH
- Taiwanese