I’ve just made some small but important updates to my early article Ritual life around Xi’an. Besides introducing the devotional societies there, urban and rural Buddhist and Daoist temples, former rain pilgrimages, the great Daoist priest An Laixu, the lifelong research of Li Shigen, and my own visits, I’ve at last added some rare film footage unearthed by David Badagnani—all the more precious for predating the flummery of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

To help negotiate the new Menu, the page is now under “Elsewhere”—here’s a screenshot!

Note also the series on Shaanbei in the same Menu!