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41462
Type
conference item
Titre
The Significance and Crisis of Religious Rituals in Taiwanese Cultural Landscape
Langues
English
Auteurs
Wang, Chun-Hsi / Fu, Chao-Ching
Date
2008
Pages
10 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
religions / rituals / spirit of place / cultural landscapes / places of religion and ritual / performing arts / temples / intangible cultural heritage
Résumé en anglais
The local religious territory in southern Taiwan iscentered by a primary temple, associated with lots of
subordinated temples. The collective rituals of these templesform a worship system called “Gua Xiang”, which is a mutual
ritual procession among temples within the territory .Thetemples and people have been connected by means of this
system, and the rituals, celebrations, myths and legends in thesystem have become one of the most touching intangible
heritage of a community. This paper will argue that the “GuaXiang” worship system reflected the life styles or defense
organization of societies in the past. With the help of them, theemotion of people and temples spreading separately had been
linked together, and more splendid type of belief, worshipactivities will be created jointly. In other words, the “Gua
Xiang” worship system has become an intangible heritage toreinforce the spirit of a place in a cultural landscape.
subordinated temples. The collective rituals of these templesform a worship system called “Gua Xiang”, which is a mutual
ritual procession among temples within the territory .Thetemples and people have been connected by means of this
system, and the rituals, celebrations, myths and legends in thesystem have become one of the most touching intangible
heritage of a community. This paper will argue that the “GuaXiang” worship system reflected the life styles or defense
organization of societies in the past. With the help of them, theemotion of people and temples spreading separately had been
linked together, and more splendid type of belief, worshipactivities will be created jointly. In other words, the “Gua
Xiang” worship system has become an intangible heritage toreinforce the spirit of a place in a cultural landscape.
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