The Lady of Linshui: A Chinese Female Cult by Brigitte Baptandier, Kristin Fryklund

The Lady of Linshui: A Chinese Female Cult

Brigitte Baptandier, Kristin Fryklund

392 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

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This anthropological study examines the cult of the Chinese goddess Chen Jinggu, divine protector of women and children. The cult of the "Lady of Linshui" began in the province of Fujian on the southeastern coast of China during the eleventh centu...

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