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Article
God’s Birthday Festival as a Temple Festival Variation in Chinese Indonesian Tradition
Author(s)
Celerina Dewi Hartati
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1506/2017.10.006
Affiliation(s)
Darma Persada University, Jakarta, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
This research is to describe Chinese belief. God’s worship (baishen 拜神) is one form of Chinese
belief. God’s worship tradition can be seen in god’s
birthday festival. By
using Xuan Tian Shangdi’s (Hian Thian Siang Tee 玄天上帝) birthday Festival in
Hok Lay Kiong Temple, Bekasi West Java and Xuan Tian Shangdi Temple in Welahan,
Jepara Central Java as unit analysis. The author will describe the variations in Chinese Indonesian
tradition. The festival is on the 3rd day of the third month of Chinese lunar year. Xuan Tian Shangdi’s birthday festival
shows the similarities and differences in
variations of tradition. The festival of god’s
birthday is also a temple festival involving various groups which are aimed to integrate. This research is qualitative research conducted by
field research. Data collection methods are interview, observations, and participant observations to gain an understanding
of Chinese belief.
KEYWORDS
tradition, belief, god’s birthday festival, Xuan Tian Shangdi, variation, integration
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