Demon Hordes and Burning Boats

Demon Hordes and Burning BoatsProvides a lively description of how the cult of a popular plague fighting deity named Marshal Wen arose and spread in late imperial China. One of the few full length regional studies of popular religion in late imperial China, this book presents the history of the cult of Marshal Wen, a plague fighting deity whose cult flourished through Chekiang and its neighboring provinces. The author provides a lively account of the rise of Wen's cult during the

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