Index
Index Note: Italicized entries refer to figures. Entries containing an “n” refer to footnotes. A A jie. See Sisters, elder A nai. See Wet-nurses A sao. See Sisters-in-law A-naai. See Wet-nurses A-so. See Sisters-in-law A-tse. See Sisters, elder Abortion, 446, 492, 495, 500, 511 Social acceptance of, 307 Unattached women and, 438, 444 Acting profession, 60, 107. See also Theatrical companies Acupuncture, acupuncturists, 165, 494, 495, 510, 512, 517, 542 Adoption of children, 99, 121–22, 159– 60, 434–35, 439. See also Bonding rites By deities, 383, 465 By monks and nuns, 127, 166–68 By vegetarians, 116–18, 441, 443 For horoscope mismatches, 463 For mother-child syndrome, 480, 484, 486, 534, 535 Advances, monetary. See Loans and advances Advertisements for medical services, 492, 494–95, 539 Afterlife, 57–64, 133, 189–90, 402 Little Tradition beliefs on, 155, 388 Pure Land sect beliefs, 137–38 Relation to lifetime celibacy, 431– 32 Aged care, 121, 160 n55, 198, 200, 440. See also Vegetarian halls Alchemy, Taoist, 133, 134 Alcohol, 122, 305 Almanac, 29, 74, 372, 384, 389, 477, 483, 529 Amah Rock, New Territories, 473 Amahs, 166, 406, 407, 415 Amida Buddha (Amituofo), 115, 116, 122 Amitabha (O-mi-t’o Fu), 137, 169, 218 n56 Amitabha sutra, 137, 138 Amituofo. See Amida Buddha Amulets, 33, 79, 383 Cost of, 134 For good luck, 159 Related to disease, 451, 453, 457 Use of paper charms (fu) in, 73–74, 76, 394 Analects, 236 n98 Ancestor tablets (“longevity” tablets), 150. See also Soul tablets, permanent Ancestor worship, 141, 150–51, 176, 182, 250, 375 19th C. practices, 242–46, 268–70 Pseudo-kinship involvement in, 406 Rites for, 91–92, 336 Terminology on, 130 Variations in practice, 179–80, 185– 86, 256, 295, 343 Ancestors, 61, 241, 479, 500 Ancestral associations/halls, 130–31, 182–83, 243–45, 250, 269, 339 19th C. rural China, 252 As source of loans, 353 Land trusts, 336–37, 429, 430 Anger, ritual release of, 400–1 Anhwei (Anhui) Province, China, 258, 259, 410 Animals, 37 n10. See also Creatures, dangerous Improper (xie), 531, 537 Proscriptions on, 457 Ritual use of, 10, 96, 98, 121, 158, 190, 435 Animating forces. See Soul Anniversary celebrations, 80 574 Index Anthropology. See also Medical anthropology Development of, 17–18 Undergraduate study of, 3 Anti-marriage societies, 190–91. See also Marriage resistance Antibiotics, 499, 511, 516 Anwen Die. See Declaration of Peace charm Armour and Horse (Chia ma, Jiama) charm, 85, 87 Arsenic, medicinal, 513, 514, 544 Asceticism, 146, 160, 230, 407. See also Monks; Nuns; Sexual abstinence; Vegetarianism Automatic writing, 262, 372 Avalokitesvara. See Guanyin Aw Boon Haw gardens, Pasir Panjang, 137 B Bachelor houses, 429–30 Bad luck, 11, 73, 79–80 Influence on afterlife, 59 Rites for, 39, 42 n14, 53, 98–99 Bagua. See Eight Diagrams charm Bai Chu (Paai Cheoe; Prayer Away or To Get Rid of). See Prayer against the Little Man rite Bai Xiaoren. See Prayer against the Little Man rite Bai Zhuan Yun. See Prayers to Change Fate Baker, Hugh, 16 Balance/imbalance. See Harmony, cosmic; Harmony, social Bangles, 460–61, 463, 535, 536 Banks, 297, 299, 301–2, 307 1965 crisis, 328 Commercial, 312–13, 325 Rural branches, 345, 350 Banners, funerary (fan), 58, 66, 68, 69 Banquets, 110, 121–22, 300–1, 315, 440 Baoshou Die (Long life charm), 80, 81 Baoying dan. See Po-ying taan “Barefoot doctors”, 540 Begging by nuns and monks, 139 Bei. See Divining blocks Benevolence halls (Shantang), 194–95 Betrothal, 156, 438–39, 479 Big Paternal Great-Uncle. See Toa Peh Kong Birth certificates, 492, 493 Birthday associations, 315 Birthday celebrations, 80, 285 Bishan Ting (Pi Shan T’ing) Cantonese cemetery, Singapore, 164, 168 Black-market doctors. See Medicine, Western, Illegal practitioners of Blessings, charms for, 79. See also Long life charm; Prosperity Blood charms (xuefu), 74, 93, 96, 151– 52. BMA. See British Medical Association Bo diyu (Breaking Hell rite), 7, 8, 61– 62, 64–66 “Boat people” (Hakka), 332 n1, 534. See also Hakka people Boats, paper, 29, 30, 42, 395, 397 Bodhidharma,138, 207 n18, 221 n62 Bodhisattva (Pusat), 125, 128, 129, 222, 374, 417 Festivals of, 190 Spirit mediums, 152 Vegetarianism related to, 457–58 Bodhisattva’s vow, 137 Bonding rites, 480–83 Bone-setters, 495, 510–12, 543 Bones, spiritual power (ling) of, 391 Book of Changes (I-Ching, Yijing), 134, 433 Books, 254, 308, 391...
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