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Shanxi, summer 1992
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Daoist ritual in southwest Shanxi
Daoists of Tianzhen, Shanxi
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Daoists of Xinzhou, Shanxi
The Buddhists of Ekou, Shanxi
Ritual traditions of Zuoyun, Shanxi
Gaoluo
Gaoluo: the book
A restudy, and my role
My work on Gaoluo: recent Chinese attention
Gaoluo: the film
Gaoluo film: Chinese version!
Gaoluo film: village screening!
Gaoluo film: a Chinese review
Gaoluo film: another Chinese review
Prizes for Gaoluo film!
Gaoluo: some themes
New Year’s rituals
A tribute to two ritual leaders
Vocal liturgists
A village scholar
Other ritual groups
Women of Gaoluo
The Catholics
Ritual images
Donors’ lists 2: Gaoluo
Early history
Hebei
Three baldies and a mouth-organ
Yang Yinliu
The Hebei plain: village ritual associations
Donors’ lists 1: Hebei
Ritual groups of suburban Beijing
The Houshan Daoists
The Houtu precious scroll
Ritual groups of Langfang
Ritual groups of Xushui
Ritual groups of Xiongxian, Hebei
Ritual groups around Bazhou, Hebei
Ritual groups around the Baiyangdian lake
Tianjin
Folk ritual of Tianjin, and its soundscapes
Ritual groups of Jinghai
Dharma-drumming associations of Tianjin
Tianjin: a folk Buddhist group
Nuns of rural Hebei
Buddhist ritual of Chengde
Elsewhere
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Shaanbei
Shaanbei-ology
Guo Yuhua: Notes from Beijing, 3
Shaanbei: spirit mediums
Bards of Shaanbei
One belt, one road
Amateur musicking in urban Shaanbei
A great Daoist priest
Gansu
Gansu: connecting social trauma and expressive culture
Gansu: a sequel
Coronavirus 2: songs from Gansu, and blind bards
Shadow puppets and Satie
Maoist worship in Gansu
Fujian
Fujian, 1961 and onwards
Fujian: instrumental groups as a gateway to the study of ritual
Hokkien culture: nanyin
Ken Dean: discovering Fujian ritual life in the early reform era
Kristofer Schipper
Religious life in 1930s’ Fujian
A Daoist altar in west Fujian
Ritual life around Xi’an
Daoists of Changwu, Shaanxi
Buddhist ritual in south Shaanxi
Ritual groups of Liaoning
Folk and temple ritual in Ningxia
Posts on south Jiangsu
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TUT: Tibet, Uyghur, Taiwan
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Rethinking Zhengyi and Quanzhen
Catherine Bell on ritual
Chinese folk religion: “belief”
Rectifying names
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Debunking “living fossils”
Unpacking “Daoist music”
China’s hidden century
Dissolving boundaries
Famine
Ritual paintings of north China
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Society and soundscape
Posts on Tibet
Posts on Uyghur culture
A jazz medley
Flamenco
A garland of ragas
West/Central Asia
Shawms around the world
Narrative-singing in Chinese society: a roundup
WAM
What is serious music?!
A Bach retrospective
Bach—and Daoist ritual
Mahler: a roundup!!!
Performance practice: Mahler, vibrato, and Daoism
Ravel
Messiaen
The right kind of spirituality?
Taruskin on early music
Playing with history: HIP
Chant and beyond
The art of conducting: a roundup
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Li Qing leading the Pardon, 1991. My first visit.
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