Wen Xiangcheng: Lingxi Temple Consecration Ritual

The World Oral Literature Project is pleased to host recordings collected by Wen Xiangcheng in 2009. Details of the full collection can be browsed on DSpace@Cambridge by clicking here.

This collection contains two videos. The footage was shot over four days from January 1-4 2009, and depicts a temple consecration ritual in Liugou Township, Jishishan County, Gansu Province, PR China. The main ritual practitioners are fashi, folk Daoist practitioners.

Collection Details:

Collection: Wen Xiangcheng: Lingxi Temple Consecration Ritual
Collector: Wen Xiangcheng
Date(s): 2009
Language(s): Hezhou (Linxia) Chinese (a variety of Northwest Mandarin)

1. Jishishan Fashi 01 / Lingxi Temple Consecration Ritual / 灵溪寺重建竣工典礼仪式
This video contains footage of fashi (folk Daoist practitioners) consecrating a new deity statue and performing various songs and dances to delight the temple deity. The recording and announcement of villagers' donations are also shown, as is a procession of the deity's palanquin. A night exorcism and incense offerings are also shown.
在这个录像里包含了法师（道士）为新神像供奉，以及为神表演和演唱各种歌的片段，还展示了宣布村民们的捐款、神仙的轿子队伍。夜晚举行驱鬼仪式和烧香也在影片中。
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2. Jishishan Fashi 02 / Lingxi Temple Consecration Ritual / 灵溪寺重建竣工典礼仪式
This video contains footage of: fashi (Daoist folk practitioners) performing songs and dances to delight the local temple deity; the procession of the deity's palanquin; village surrounds; and burning of offering papers for the deity.
在这个录像里包含了法师（道士）为新神像供奉，以及为神表演和演唱各种歌的片段，神仙的轿子队伍和村庄周围的景象。以及为神烧纸的片段。
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