Ethnology, Volume 46, Issue 1University of Pittsburgh, 2008 - Ethnology |
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... arch to chastity , a village monument , became a gathering place for mythical legends , stories of loyalty and betrayal , and speculations on the fate of the community . Forced to retain a pre - reform identity of rural residency , yet ...
... arch to chastity , a village monument , became a gathering place for mythical legends , stories of loyalty and betrayal , and speculations on the fate of the community . Forced to retain a pre - reform identity of rural residency , yet ...
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... arch to chastity ( zhenjie paifang ) once stood . This monu- ment to chastity was built in the Qing Dynasty to commemorate a widow whose Mojiagou village husband died very young . The arch was where village children played by swinging ...
... arch to chastity ( zhenjie paifang ) once stood . This monu- ment to chastity was built in the Qing Dynasty to commemorate a widow whose Mojiagou village husband died very young . The arch was where village children played by swinging ...
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... arch was supposed to honor her marital loyalty but what if it was betrayed ? Rumors spread and put the arch's completion to a halt . The widow , old by this time , eventually got exasperated by the gossip , and slowly walked to the ...
... arch was supposed to honor her marital loyalty but what if it was betrayed ? Rumors spread and put the arch's completion to a halt . The widow , old by this time , eventually got exasperated by the gossip , and slowly walked to the ...
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