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Ancestor worship of the Lolo in Ch'êng-chiang, Yunnan

Pien-cheng Kung-lun [Frontier Affairs] • 3 (9) • Published In 1944 • Pages: 31-36 [HRAF ms.: i, 19 ]

By: Lei, Chin-liu, Tsao, Lien-en.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

The author has written a short account of the religion of the Lolo of Ch'êng-chiang, with special emphasis on the position of bamboo, pine and pear trees in mythology and ceremonial, and on burial customs and ancestor worship. Chinese influence on the latter is described. Some mention is also made of magical-medical practices, fertility aids, and attitude toward spirits among these people. Not all the practices described in this source are specifically referred to the Ch'êng-chiang Lolo.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Acculturation and culture contact

Burial practices and funerals

Cult of the dead

Mythology

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Yi

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2010

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Asia

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

East Asia

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Ethnologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Arthur Fields ; 1956 ; Ian Skoggard ; 2010

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1939

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1939

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province

NotesAdditional notes

[by] Chin-liu Lei ; translated by Lien-en Tsai

Translation of: Yun-nan Ch'êng-chiang Lo-lo ti tsu-hsien ch'ung-pai

The original Chinese text is not available in the HRAF Collection

Translated from the Chinese for the Human Relations Area Files by Lien-en Tsao

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Yi (Chinese people)/Ethnology--China--Yunnan/Religion--China--Yunnan