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The written memorial in Taoist ceremoniesessay 1974 • Schipper, Kristofer Marinus
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay presents the text and textural analysis of a written prayer which accompanied services marking a collective Great Communal Sacrifice in the village of A-lien. Schipper considers such texts a hallmark of Taoist, rather than Buddhist, practi...