Communities of Mortuary Practice: A Renewed Study of the Tianma-Qucun Western Zhou Cemetery

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yitzchak Jaffe ◽  
Bin Cao
Keyword(s):  
Local Variation ◽  
Mortuary Practices ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Mortuary Practice ◽  
Mortuary Ritual ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Western Zhou ◽  
The Relationship

Western Zhou archaeology (1046–771 bc) is dominated by cemetery- and mortuary-related data. To date most studies have relied on later historical narratives and focused on the investigation of elites and their mortuary practices. This paper sets out to provide a renewed approach to the study of Western Zhou cemeteries by looking at the graveyard as a whole and with it the relationship between the commoners and nobles who were buried in them. Its case study is the important site of Tianma-Qucun, located in modern-day Shanxi province, the residential site and burial ground of the Jin state during the Western Zhou period. We provide a community-focused study of mortuary practices aimed at uncovering local-specific shared ways of doings things. This approach not only affords a refined vision of Western Zhou mortuary ritual and practice, but also one where local variation and appropriations can be appreciated as well. Thus, while common Zhou mortuary traditions should be understood to have been of greater import to Zhou elites, their impact on the lower echelons of society remains less clear. By examining the mortuary practices of individual communities, we aim to uncover these site-specific manifestations in their larger contexts.

VOCs Recovery Energy-Saving Efficiency Decision and Case Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 805-806 ◽  
pp. 580-586
Author(s):  
Xuan Ya Wang ◽  
Yao Bing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Emission Standard ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Recovery Unit ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Volatile Organic Chemicals ◽  
Emission Limits ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Socioeconomic Benefits

Promote VOCs (volatile organic chemicals) and re-use recovered oil as secondary energy can reduce environmental pollution meantime bring lots of energy-saving and socioeconomic benefits. Related data shows that install VOCs recovery unit (VRU) can produce large quantity of energy-saving efficiency. However, China currently has no related energy-saving efficiency evaluation methods, which makes barriers for promoting VOCs technology. This paper lists the key elements that response for VRU energy-saving efficiency, provide computational formulas which focus on VRU recovery benefits, take a case study for example and calculation the energy-saving benefit that VRU can bring. From the data comparison analyzes the relationship between VRU recovery rate, emission limits and energy consumption. At very end of this paper, some suggestion for better setting emission standard also is given.

scholarly journals Landscapes and Local Identity

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-117
Author(s):  
Andrea Janku
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
The South ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Travel Accounts

This chapter is the first part of an exploration into the history and meaning of landscapes, based on a case study of the “must-see” scenic spots or Eight Views (bajing 八景) of Linfen County in the south of China's Shanxi province. County histories not only include poems and travel accounts describing these places, but often also, from the 18th century onwards, images representing them. They are thus well-documented places, which makes it possible to trace fragments of their history and draw conclusions about the relationship between humans and their physical environment. This part of the study focuses on how the physical environment interlocked with the historical heritage of a place to form a cultural landscape that gave identity and meaning to a place and its people.

Landscapes of Identity

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Andrea Janku
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
The South ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Travel Accounts

This paper is the first part of an exploration into the history and meaning of landscapes, based on a case study of the “must-see” scenic spots or Eight Views (bajing ??) of Linfen County in the south of China's Shanxi province. County histories not only include poems and travel accounts describing these places, but often also, from the eighteenth century onwards, images representing them. They are thus well documented places, which makes it possible to trace fragments of their history and draw conclusions about the relationship between humans and their physical environment. This part of the study focuses on how the physical environment interlocked with the historical heritage of a place to form a cultural landscape that gave identity and meaning to a place and its people.

scholarly journals La period room mise en scène

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Eve Marchand
Keyword(s):  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
Royal Ontario Museum ◽  
Mise En Scene ◽  
Museum Environment ◽  
The Relationship

Through the case study of “A French Salon c. 1750–1760” (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto) this article analyses the methodological and epistemological implications embedded in the process of (re) constructing, interpreting, and mediating historical narratives by the means of the period room. It examines how “story effects” are created and how the museum environment impacts their value as tools for the construction and dissemination of knowledge. This study elucidates the ambiguity of the relationship between history and fiction in the context of the construction of knowledge and encourages recognition of the heuristic potential of their conjunction in order to envision the role that can be played by the period room in today’s museum.

western zhou Rites and Mortuary Practice (Inscriptions and Texts)

2020 ◽  
pp. 435-450
Author(s):  
Constance A. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Political Power ◽  
Mortuary Practices ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Mortuary Practice ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Ancestor Worship ◽  
The Past ◽  
Western Zhou ◽  
Bronze Inscriptions ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter presents an evaluation of Zhou ritual from the standpoint of modern archaeological evidence and excavated texts. While there is some continuity with the definition of Zhou ritual in transmitted texts, the differences with and gaps in the transmitted records are striking. The chapter explores rites and mortuary practices in detail, and it presents several examples of Western Zhou bronze inscriptions related to ancient rituals and practices for conferring political power and for ancestor worship. The chapter analyzes several inscriptions providing examples of early ceremonies and also discusses the sixty-day ritual calendar that governed ritual life during this period. The use of ritual to preserve the past led to the rise of literature and history in ancient China.

scholarly journals MOIETIES AND MORTUARY MOUNDS: DUALISM AT A MOUND AND ENCLOSURE COMPLEX IN THE SOUTHERN BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Robinson ◽  
José Iriarte ◽  
Jonas Gregorio De Souza ◽  
Rafael Corteletti ◽  
Priscilla Ulguim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Social System ◽  
Mortuary Practices ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
Mortuary Ritual ◽  
European Contact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Insight Into

Excavations at Abreu Garcia provide a detailed case study of a mound and enclosure mortuary complex used by the southern proto-Jê in the southern Brazilian highlands. The recovery of 16 secondary cremation deposits within a single mound allows an in-depth discussion of spatial aspects of mortuary practices. A spatial division in the placement of the interments adds another level of duality to the mortuary landscape, which comprises: (1) paired mound and enclosures, (2) twin mounds within a mound and enclosure, and (3) the dual division in the mound interior. The multiple levels of nested asymmetric dualism evoke similarities to the moiety system that characterizes modern southern Jê groups, highlighting both the opposition and the complementarity of the social system. The findings offer deeper insight into fundamental aspects of southern proto-Jê social organization, including the dual nature of the community, the manifestation of social structure in the landscape, and its incorporation into mortuary ritual. The results have implications for research design and developing appropriate methodologies to answer culture-specific questions. Furthermore, the parallels among archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnography enable an understanding of the foundation of modern descendent groups and an assessment of the continuity in indigenous culture beyond European contact.

Human rights, micro-solidarity and moral action: ‘Face-to-face’ encounters in the Israeli/Palestinian context

Thesis Eleven ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 154 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-79
Author(s):  
Lea David
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interaction Ritual ◽  
Additional Weight ◽  
Chain Theory ◽  
The Relationship

While there is extensive literature on both the expansion of human rights and solidarity movements, and on micro-solidarity and violent actions, here I ask what is the relationship between human rights, micro-solidarity and social action? Based on a case study of structured, face-to-face dialogue group encounters in the Israeli/Palestinian context, I draw on Randall Collins’s interaction ritual chain theory to demonstrate why emotional energy and the ritualization of historical narratives have very limited potential to translate into human rights-based moral actions. Instead, I suggest, these encounters produce micro-solidarity that ascribes additional weight to ethnic categories, serving to polarize and homogenize groups along ethnic lines.

RICE PLANTING RITUAL USING MANTRA BY CARUBAN COMMUNITY MADIUN

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Astuti Wahyu Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Interaction ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Ancestor Worship ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Culture And Language

<p>Abstract: This study examines local culture especially the use of mantra in planting rice ritual by Javanese in Ngepeh Village Caruban Madiun. The mantra consisted of three parts (early/prototype:Head;Middle/Body; End/wasana: Foot) is used to request the good harvest in which expresses symbolic interaction in the form of salvation.There some factors which influence Javanese community conduct rice planting ritual such as Javanese belief, Javanese worldview, the essence of life. Mantra is used as means to communicate with the Rice Goddess/Dewi Sri and also Danyang of the Village to ask the fertilie harvest and safety from the pest or disasters. It is a case study research which uses a qualitative approach. The technique of collecting the data in this research are participatory observation ( to get the related data to the expression mantra) and In depth Interview (get the the interpretation of the society related to the the essence of life). In conclusion, the relationship of culture and language in the Java community also affects the activity of the use of mantra in the rice planting ceremony (tandur rhyme). In this case the farmer Caruban have inherited the tradition of ancestor worship the rice goddess Dewi Sri as well as The Village Danyang Watcher respected to the next generation and they are considered to whom request that all their wishes can be fulfilled.</p><p> </p><p>Keywords: Mantra, Rice Planting Ritual, Caruban Community</p>

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