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The Cult of the Silkworm Mother as a Core of Local Community Religion in a North China Village: Field Study in Zhiwuying, Boading, Hebei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2003

Fan Lizhu
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Abstract

This article deals with an example of local community religion in north China, the activities of a woman spirit-medium in a small village in Hebei province. This woman is believed to represent an ancient goddess, the Silkworm Mother (Cangu nainai), to whom people turn for healing illnesses not cured by Western or Chinese medicine. This study shows that local popular religion is very much alive in contemporary China.

Type
Research Article
Information
The China Quarterly , Volume 174 , June 2003 , pp. 359 - 372
Copyright
© The China Quarterly, 2003

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