The category of＂customs,＂ or the Song dynasty in writing local histories was important for the literati of It covers local practices of festival rituals, weddings and funerals, rites for passage into adulthood, sacr...The category of＂customs,＂ or the Song dynasty in writing local histories was important for the literati of It covers local practices of festival rituals, weddings and funerals, rites for passage into adulthood, sacrificial rites, and the like. The main purpose behind the literati＇s efforts to record /bngsu was not to acknowledge local variations but to censor local customs and transform society. This paper looks at these type of texts as a discourse that is meant to promote the correct, standard performance of rites and suppress those deemed improper. It uses boat racing in Song records of/bngsu as a case study to illustrate how the imperial spectacle of boat racing in spring was propagated and how the linkage between the death anniversary of Qu Yuan and Duanwu were reinforced. Meanwhile, the popular ritual of boat racing during the summer, which bore distinct violent and shamanic attributes, was strongly criticised. Through these efforts by the literati, a normative discourse of the boat-racing ritual was repeated and reinforced in the fengsu recording展开更多
'After finishing their dinner,women and children in the city will lock their doors and go to the riverside to watch the boat race…Every time the race reaches white heat,the drum will play loudly and the crowd wil...'After finishing their dinner,women and children in the city will lock their doors and go to the riverside to watch the boat race…Every time the race reaches white heat,the drum will play loudly and the crowd will burst out shouting and applauding.'展开更多
文摘The category of＂customs,＂ or the Song dynasty in writing local histories was important for the literati of It covers local practices of festival rituals, weddings and funerals, rites for passage into adulthood, sacrificial rites, and the like. The main purpose behind the literati＇s efforts to record /bngsu was not to acknowledge local variations but to censor local customs and transform society. This paper looks at these type of texts as a discourse that is meant to promote the correct, standard performance of rites and suppress those deemed improper. It uses boat racing in Song records of/bngsu as a case study to illustrate how the imperial spectacle of boat racing in spring was propagated and how the linkage between the death anniversary of Qu Yuan and Duanwu were reinforced. Meanwhile, the popular ritual of boat racing during the summer, which bore distinct violent and shamanic attributes, was strongly criticised. Through these efforts by the literati, a normative discourse of the boat-racing ritual was repeated and reinforced in the fengsu recording
文摘'After finishing their dinner,women and children in the city will lock their doors and go to the riverside to watch the boat race…Every time the race reaches white heat,the drum will play loudly and the crowd will burst out shouting and applauding.'
