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The villagers had already gathered at the festival site when I arrived at half past nine in the morning. The red slips of paper etc., were carried by the people responsible on a tray, and, in some cases, a "pavilion", back to where they had been fetched from. In all cases, I believe, the person who carried the divinities was preceded by one of his companions who beat a gong. In some cases the procession included the "Keep quiet!" and "Keep clear!" banners.
I witnessed the case of the Hung-Fan Taam gods. On their arrival the villagers set up the temporary spirit tablets of the divinities at the site, and made offerings of tea, sweets, yun-bou and paper clothing to them. Then they burnt the spirit tablets as well as the paper offerings.
Ahern, Emily Martin
Brim, John A.
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1981 Chinese Rituals and Politics, Cambridge University Press,
1974 "Village alliance temples in Hong Kong", in Wolf (1974: 93-104).
Cheng, Sui Kwan Faure, David
n.d. "Yuanlang Xinx", unpublished manuscript.
1984 "The Tangs of Kam Tin - A hypothesis on the rise of a gentry family", in Faure et. al (1984).
Faure, David et. al (eds.) 1984 From Village to City: Studies in the Traditional Roots
Hayes, James W.
Kamm, John
of Hong Kong Society, Centre of Asian Studies. University of Hong Kong.
1983 The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and Themes, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.
1977 "Field notes on the social history and fungshui of Kam Tin”, Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JHKBRAS) xvii, pp. 202-216.
Law, Suk-Ching and Lam Siu-Fung
1985 **Jintian Dengshi shixi bogian shi'', in Renleixie Zhou Tekan, pp. 2-14. The Anthropology Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
1984 "Village education in the New Territories region under the Ch'ing", in Faure et. al. (1984).
1983 New Peace County: A Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press,
Ng Lun, Alice Ngai Ha
Ng, Peter Y.L..
Ofuchi, Ninji
1983 Chugokujin no Shukyo Girei, Tokyo,
Saso, Michael R. Schipper, K.W.
1972 Taoism and the Rite of Cosmic Renewal, Washington.
1974 "The written memorial in Taoist Ceremonies", in Wolf (1974:309-324).
Siu, Augustus K.K. and Anthony K.K.
Siu, Anthony K.K.
1982 Studies on Chinese Genealogies and the History of the Hong Kong Region, Hong Kong: Hin Chiu Institute.
1982 "Zupu zhong suojian zhí shishi shili”, in Siu and Siu (1982), pp. 21-29.
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The villagers had already gathered at the festival site when I arrived at half past nine in the morning. The red slips of paper etc., were carried by the people responsible on a tray, and, in some cases, a "pavilion", back to where they had been fetched from. In all cases, I believe, the person who carried the divinities was preceded by one of his companions who beat a gong. In some cases the procession included the "Keep quiet!" and "Keep clear!" banners.
I witnessed the case of the Hung-Fan Taam gods. On their arrival the villagers set up the temporary spirit tablets of the divinities at the site, and made offerings of tea, sweets, yun-bou and paper clothing to them. Then they burnt the spirit tablets as well as the paper offerings.
Ahern, Emily Martin
Brim, John A.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1981 Chinese Rituals and Politics, Cambridge University
Press,
1974 "Village alliance temples in Hong Kong", in Wolf
(1974: 93-104).
Cheng, Sui Kwan Faure, David
n.d.
"Yuanlang Xinx", unpublished manuscript.
1984 "The Tangs of Kam Tin - A hypothesis on the rise of a gentry family", in Faure et. al (1984).
Faure, David et. al (eds.) 1984 From Village to City: Studies in the Traditional Roots
Hayes, James W.
Kamm, John
of Hong Kong Society, Centre of Asian Studies. University of Hong Kong.
1983 The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and
Themes, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. 1977 "Field notes on the social history and fungshui of Kam Tin”, Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JHKBRAS) xvii, pp. 202-216.
Law, Suk-Ching and Lam Siu-Fung
1985
**Jintian Dengshi shixi bogian shi'', in Renleixie Zhou Tekan, pp. 2-14. The Anthropology Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
1984 "Village education in the New Territories region under
the Ch'ing", in Faure et. al. (1984).
1983
New Peace County: A Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press,
Ng Lun, Alice Ngai Ha
Ng, Peter Y.L..
Ofuchi, Ninji
1983
Chugokujin no Shukyo Girei, Tokyo,
Saso, Michael R. Schipper, K.W.
1972
Taoism and the Rite of Cosmic Renewal, Washington. 1974 "The written memorial in Taoist Ceremonies", in
Wolf (1974:309-324).
Siu, Augustus K.K. and Anthony K.K.
Siu, Anthony K.K.
1982 Studies on Chinese Gençalogies and the History of the Hong Kong Region, Hong Kong: Hin Chiu Institute. 1982 "Zupu zhong suojian zhí shishi shili”, in Siu and Siu
(1982), pp. 21-29.
1984 **The Hong Kong Region before and after the Coastal Evacuation in the Early Ch'ing Dynasty', in Faure
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