Rebuilding the Ancestral Village: Singaporeans in China

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Photo 10 The Buddhist monks perform ‘the rite of ancestor spirit recalling’ (photo by author) Photo 11 The sedan chairs carrying the ancestors’ spirits are placed in front of the lineage ancestral house (photo by author) Kuah_06_insert 4c_6pp.indd 1 11/11/2010 11:44 AM Photo 12 Monk giving a ritual bath to the ancestral spirits (photo by author) Photo 13 A group of monks chanting sutras and informing the ancestors’ spirits of the celebration while the elders pay their obeisance (photo by author) Kuah_06_insert 4c_6pp.indd 2 11/11/2010 11:44 AM Photo 14 Communal ancestor worship (photo by author) Photo 15 Villagers offering food to the ancestors (photo by author) Kuah_06_insert 4c_6pp.indd 3 11/11/2010 11:44 AM Photo 16 Offerings of soul house to the ancestors by individual families (photo by author) Photo 17 Preparing big-bowl noodles for the guests (author in the middle) (photographed by a villager on behalf of the author) Kuah_06_insert 4c_6pp.indd 4 11/11/2010 11:44 AM Photo 18 The black-faced Qingshui zushigong (in central position in the Lineage Ancestral House) (photo by author) Photo 19 Qingshuiyan Temple (photo by author) Kuah_06_insert 4c_6pp.indd 5 11/11/2010 11:44 AM Kuah_06_insert 4c_6pp.indd 6 11/11/2010 11:44 AM ...