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Abstract/Sommario: The author examines the development of Daoist institutions in Hong Kong. He focuses on the historical factors behind that development, in the context of transplantation from parent institutions in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong province since 1940. The origin of most Hong Kong Daoist temples and altars cannot be disassociated from the larger Lü Dongbin cults that flourished in Guangdon during late imperial China. Many of the Daoist institutions are volunteer religious organizations ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: During the 1980s and 1990s Qigong or "greathing arts" became the most widespread form of popular religiosity in Chinese cities. Thousanda of charismatic qigong masters appeared, promoting qigong methods thru transmission networks covering the whole country. Falungong became the biggest qigong group by the mid 1990s. The author examines the hypothesis of links between qigons and a galaxy of groups which were widespred in pre-Comunist China, often called "sectarian" in the academic liter ...; [Leggi tutto...]