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Illustrations Tables 1 Strength of sentiments in relation to knowledge of kinship 87 2 Sex and distribution of education and literacy 113 3 Age groups and educational attainment 113 4 Attitudes of cadres towards ancestral house and ancestor worship 158 5 Reasons for supporting ancestor worship by cadres at different levels 159 Diagrams 1 Lineage network: Relationship between source and nodes 232 2 Intra-lineage networking and relationship between 235 individuals and source 3 Inter-lineage networking: Cross-lineage and source relationship 237 Maps 1 Location of Anxi County in Fujian Province 56 2 Administrative units of Anxi County, Fujian 57 3 Penglai Zhen, Anxi County 59 Photos Front Cover Offerings of soul house to the ancestors by individual families (top) Kuitou Keshi Lineage Ancestral House (bottom) After p. 129 1 Old and new houses 2 New homes and renovated traditional home in the foreground Kuah_00_00fm.indd 15 26/11/2010 3:40 PM xvi Illustrations 3 Qingshuiyan Bridge in Penglai 4 Pedestrian bridge 5 Tea plantation producing the famed ‘Iron Goddess’ tea 6 No. 8 Secondary School 7 Jinlai Secondary School teachers’ dormitory 8 Retail shops 9 A new and prosperous Xiancheng After p. 162 10 The Buddhist monks perform ‘the rite of ancestor spirit recalling’ 11 The sedan chairs carrying the ancestors’ spirits 12 Monk giving a ritual bath to the ancestral spirits 13 A group of monks chanting sutras 14 Communal ancestor worship 15 Villagers offering food to the ancestors 16 Offerings of soul house to the ancestors by individual families 17 Preparing big-bowl noodles for the guests 18 The black-faced Qingshui zushigong 19 Qingshuiyan Temple Kuah_00_00fm.indd 16 26/11/2010 3:40 PM ...

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