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| Title: | Foundations of an Incense-Centric Society: Annual Rotation and Ritual Alliance of AngGong 尪公 Worship in North Taiwan |
| Authors: | 林敬智
Lin, Ching-chih |
| Contributors: | 宗教所 |
| Date: | 2023-06 |
| Issue Date: | 2024-02-06 09:17:20 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | Incense-burning has played a very critical role in Chinese Popular Religion. Chinese society is rather incense-centric than temple-centric. The worship of AngGong in North Taiwan typically manifests an incense-centric society. This study explores an incense-centric society, by investigating the annual rotating sacrificial network and village ritual alliance of AngGong, via interdisciplinary approaches of historical study, fieldwork and digital humanities. AngGong, also known as Baoyi Dafu 保儀大夫, has been the most significant deity in North Taiwan, but the embodiments of AngGong vary, from an incense bag, an incense burner, through a talisman or a statue, to a temple, depending on the economic conditions or wills of each village. Most villages do not possess a temple of AngGong, but an incense burner. AngGong is regarded as the main deity and farmer's protector who can prevent their grain or tea harvest from insect pests. Villagers could relate to AngGong’s spirit-medium via the incense burner in their own villages. For each village, villagers celebrate AngGong’s birthday, also known as annual calendrical sacrificial ceremony 年例祭典, on different dates. The AngGong statue would be borrowed from the chief temple, Zhongshun Temple 忠順廟, back to their own villages to hold procession. Daoist masters offer sacrifices and rituals, while opera troupes entertain AngGong and his followers. The celebration ends with feasts serving family members, relatives, friends and neighbors. Adjacent villages amalgamate regional ritual alliances to celebrate the annual ceremonies day by day in sequence. Such communal incense-centric ceremonies contribute to the formation of local societies and interpersonal networks. |
| Relation: | Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions, Center for Culture, Society and Religion, Princeton University |
| Data Type: | conference |
| Appears in Collections: | [宗教研究所] 會議論文
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