Sounds for the dead: ritualists and their vocal liturgical music in the Buddhist Rite of Merit in Fujian, China
(2003)
Thesis
Tan, H.-S. Sounds for the dead: ritualists and their vocal liturgical music in the Buddhist Rite of Merit in Fujian, China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London
In Minnan, southern Fujian, China, a complex ritual performance carried out by ritual specialists after death to assist a soul’s journey to a better afterlife is known as gongde. Three types of Buddhist ritualist may perform gongde: institutional ord... Read More about Sounds for the dead: ritualists and their vocal liturgical music in the Buddhist Rite of Merit in Fujian, China.