The Ghost Festival in Medieval China
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 11, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780691026770
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Buddhism; Social history; Taoism; Religion - World Religions; Religion; China; Buddhism - Rituals & Practice; Asian and Asian American Studies; Mind, Body, Spirit; Religion / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice; Religion / Taoism; Religion-Taoism
First sentence: IN THE SEVENTH MONTH of 840, the Japanese pilgrim Ennin (793-864) made his way southwest from Mount Wu-t'ai (in present-day Shansi) toward the T'ang capital of Ch'ang-an.