essay
Religion
regional handbook of Northeast China, compiled by The Far Eastern and Russian Institute of the University of Washington • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 1956 • Pages: 227-243a
By: Tang, Peter S. H., University Of Washington. Far Eastern And Russian Institute.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a chapter on religion from "A Regional Handbook on Northeast China." It includes brief overviews on Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Lamaism, Shamanism, Christianity, the so-called "folk religion," and various smaller sects. There is little discussion of the actual on the ground organization and practices except for the folk religion which is the on-the-ground practice of the three major Han Chinese religions (including Confucianism, which is not discussed) and which has the largest following. Christian denominations include Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and various Protestant sects. The Catholic Church, the largest denomination, was especially persecuted under the Communists and many of its priests martyred.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Spirits and gods
- Theological systems
- Religious practices
- Ecclesiastical organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Manchu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ;1974 ;Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeast China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter Tang
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243a)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Manchus
- University of Washington. Far Eastern and Russian Institute