Patterns of Integration: A Network Perspective on Popular Religious Connections in China's Lower Yangzi, 1150–1350

The spread of cults from their original homelands in the Song dynasty (960–1279) created crisscrossing ties between local communities and fostered social and cultural integration in Chinese society that transcended class and geographic boundaries. Scholars have produced numerous case studies on thes...

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Main Author: Chen, Song (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B local gazetteers ( difangzhi )
B popular religion
B China
B local cults
B Yuan dynasty
B Song Dynasty
B Network Analysis
B Lower Yangzi
B spatial pattern
B cultural integration
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