Gods of Mount Tai : familiarity and the material culture of North China, 1000-2000 / Susan Naquin.

"At the intersection of art and religious history, this work suggests a fresh method for studying Chinese gods and sacred places. Susan Naquin tells the full story of the transformations of the Lady of Mount Tai, North China's most important female deity, and her mountain home. This genero...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Naquin, Susan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Settling in. Mount Tai, 1008
  • The Jade Woman and the Eastern Peak, 1000-1350
  • Master of the Azure Clouds, 1350-1550
  • Part Two: Expansion and Acceptance. Beyond Mount Tai, 1400-1640
  • Toward acceptance, 1400-1640
  • Investing in the Mountain, 1550-1630
  • Part Three: At Home in North China. A pilgrimage mountain, 1550-1640
  • Looking like a Mount Tai Niangniang, Ming to Qing
  • Prospering under a new dynasty, 1600-1900
  • A place in the Empire, 1650-1900
  • At home in North China, 1650-1900
  • Part Four: Becoming Too Familiar? The Bronze Ladies of Mount Tai, 1600-1900
  • Popularization through pictures, 1800-1930
  • Changing times for Mount Tai, 1900-2000
  • Appendices.