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Demon Hordes and Burning Boats: The Cult of Marshal Wen in Late Imperial Chekiang (Suny Series in Chinese Local Studies)
Demon Hordes and Burning Boats The Cult of Marshal Wen in Late Imperial Chekiang - Suny Series in Chinese Local Studies
Author: Paul R. Katz
One of the few full-length regional studies of popular religion in late imperial China, this book presents the history of the cult of Marshal Wen, a plague-fighting deity whose cult flourished through Chekiang and its neighboring provinces. The author provides a lively account of the rise of Wen's cult during the tumultuous years of the Southern...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780791426623
ISBN-10: 0791426629
Publication Date: 10/1995
Pages: 261
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Publisher: State University of New York Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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