| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 390 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Series |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
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Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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| Note |
Series statement from jacket. |
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"This new revised edition collects in one place the articles from the three volumes of Hugh Baker's Ancestral images originally published in 1979, 1980 and 1981"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-379) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- by Lady Youde; Preface; 1. Land; 2. Lovers' Rock; 3. Kowtow; 4. Puppets; 5. Scholar Stones; 6. Daai Si; 7. Customs; 8. Tree; 9. Pigs; 10. Moat; 11. Anti-Corruption; 12. Barrier; 13. Ancestral Trust; 14. Chair; 15. Local Government; 16. Geomancer; 17. Duck; 18. Gambling; 19. Protection; 20. Jesuits; 21. Feet; 22. Funeral; 23. Water; 24. Congratulations?; 25. Street Trader; 26. University; 27. Ching Ming; 28. Feast; 29. Pedicab; 30. Islam; 31. Fertility; 32. Lantern; 33. Grave; 34. Fish; 35. Magic; 36. Lion-heads; 37. Incantation; 38. Law; 39. Arch; 40. Tablets. |
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41. Stake-net42. Marsh; 43. Beam-raising; 44. Mud; 45. Birthday; 46. Wealth God; 47. Pagoda; 48. Red; 49. Earth God; 50. Flower Boards; 51. Shrimps; 52. Music; 53. Heaven; 54. Double Yang; 55. Rain God; 56. Bamboo; 57. Smoke; 58. Offerings; 59. Landscape; 60. Mourning; 61. Wedding Party; 62. Nuns; 63. Snakes; 64. Temple; 65. Hakka; 66. Leadership; 67. Yearly Blessings; 68. Dragon; 69. Sun Yat-sen; 70. Fire Engine; 71. Taoists; 72. Zombies; 73. Market; 74. Patron Gods; 75. Typhoon; 76. Footpath; 77. Soy; 78. Schoolgirl; 79. New Year Biscuits; 80. Dan Ger; 81. Charity; 82. Isolation; 83. Birth. |
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84. Reverence85. Journey; 86. Yin and Yang; 87. Kowloon; 88. Gates; 89. Soul; 90. Picnic; 91. House Re-warming; 92. Cemetery; 93. Water Buffalo; 94. Buddhism; 95. Tin Hau; 96. Hall; 97. Village; 98. Procession; 99. Dotting; 100. Hundred Surnames; 101. Vegetables; 102. Talisman; 103. Exhumation; 104. Suicide; 105. Wall; 106. Burial; 107. Eyes; 108. Feuds; 109. Kitchen God; 110. Catholic Church; 111. Actors; 112. Hell Bank Note; 113. Incense; 114. Concern; 115. Well God; 116. Ruins; 117. Women; 118. Rice; 119. Sojourners; 120. Wires; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index. |
| Summary |
A new edition in one volume of Hugh Baker's celebrated three volumes of Ancestral Images originally published in 1979, 1980 and 1981. The 120 articles and photographs explore everyday life, customs and rituals in Hong Kong's rural New Territories. Each mouthful is complete in itself, but together the articles amount to a substantial feast. They investigate religion, food, language, history, festivals, family, strange happenings and clan warfare. The book documents much that can no longer be found. But it also provides an understanding of a world which has not yet entirely disappeared, and whic. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, Hugh D.R. Ancestral images. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2011 9789888083091 (DLC) 2011510210 (OCoLC)748740257 |
| ISBN |
9789888053834 (electronic book) |
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9888053833 (electronic book) |
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9789888083091 (electronic book) |
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9888083090 (electronic book) |
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