{"product_id":"shamanic-and-mythic-cultures-of-ethnic-peoples-in-northern-china-i-shamanic-deities-and-rituals-paperback","title":"Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China I: Shamanic Deities and Rituals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFu Yuguang\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLiang Yanjun\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLiu Ying\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the region's cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from numerous oral myths, ancient documents, and archaeological findings, this first volume discusses the spiritual world of northern shamanism and investigates the various rituals, including ancestor worship, fertility, nature deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature, and shrines. The book illuminates how these rituals and worships, animism, and ideas of the soul are imbedded in and interweave with the indigenous environment, culture, and history of the clans and people of northern China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of great value to scholars of religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists in the fields of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and Manchu studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFu Yuguang\u003c\/strong\u003e, a native Manchu scholar of shamanic and Manchu studies from the Jilin Institute for Ethnology, has been committed to ethnological and anthropological research on the myths, rituals, and cultures of Altaic peoples in northern China for over fifty years and published many influential works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170187088007,"sku":"9780367676537","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5caaf3b39195b4eb43e8c335019ce6e1.webp?v=1733346623","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/shamanic-and-mythic-cultures-of-ethnic-peoples-in-northern-china-i-shamanic-deities-and-rituals-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}