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Conference Paper: How the Decline of Guangdong Yankou Reflected the Commercialization of Funeral Service and Value Changes of People in Hong Kong?
| Title | How the Decline of Guangdong Yankou Reflected the Commercialization of Funeral Service and Value Changes of People in Hong Kong? |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2014 |
| Citation | The 10th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society (ICGB), Hong Kong, China, 11-14 June 2014 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Guangdong Yuqie Yankou (瑜伽焰口), (GYY), literally means the Guangdong style yoga rite for feeding and saving the flaming-mouth hungry ghosts, is a popular Buddhist ritual often performed in Hong Kong funeral. Devotees believe that the merits cultivated from participating in the ritual can help the deceased to escape from the suffering in underworld and be reborn into the good realms of celestial or human. However, through ethnographic field research, we have observed that the popularity of the ritual has been in steady decline during the past 20 years. In this research, we will examine how the commercialization of funeral service, the declining number of Buddhist monks of Guangdong origin and the rise of popularity of Namo Daoist funeral rituals (喃嘸道教儀式) eventually contributed to the decline in GYY. Furthermore, we will also discuss how Hong Kong people’s expression of filial piety through death ritual has changed both in quality and quantity during the period. |
| Description | Conference Theme: East Meets West: Expanding Frontiers and Diversity Oral presentation Session Theme: Existential and Philosophical Concerns in Death and Dying Session Name: Spirituality in Asia |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/205172 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Sik, FR | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-20T01:53:48Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-20T01:53:48Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 10th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society (ICGB), Hong Kong, China, 11-14 June 2014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/205172 | - |
| dc.description | Conference Theme: East Meets West: Expanding Frontiers and Diversity | - |
| dc.description | Oral presentation | - |
| dc.description | Session Theme: Existential and Philosophical Concerns in Death and Dying | - |
| dc.description | Session Name: Spirituality in Asia | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Guangdong Yuqie Yankou (瑜伽焰口), (GYY), literally means the Guangdong style yoga rite for feeding and saving the flaming-mouth hungry ghosts, is a popular Buddhist ritual often performed in Hong Kong funeral. Devotees believe that the merits cultivated from participating in the ritual can help the deceased to escape from the suffering in underworld and be reborn into the good realms of celestial or human. However, through ethnographic field research, we have observed that the popularity of the ritual has been in steady decline during the past 20 years. In this research, we will examine how the commercialization of funeral service, the declining number of Buddhist monks of Guangdong origin and the rise of popularity of Namo Daoist funeral rituals (喃嘸道教儀式) eventually contributed to the decline in GYY. Furthermore, we will also discuss how Hong Kong people’s expression of filial piety through death ritual has changed both in quality and quantity during the period. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society | en_US |
| dc.title | How the Decline of Guangdong Yankou Reflected the Commercialization of Funeral Service and Value Changes of People in Hong Kong? | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Sik, FR: faren@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 238734 | en_US |