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Chinese shamanism, alternatively called Wuism (Chinese: 巫教; pinyin: wū jiào; lit. 'wu religion', 'shamanism', 'witchcraft'; alternatively 巫觋宗教 wū xí zōngjiào), refers to the shamanic religious tradition of China. [1] [2] Its features are especially connected to the ancient Neolithic cultures such as the Hongshan culture. [3]
The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets. Translated by Hawkes, David. Penguin. ISBN 9780140443752. Hopkins, L.C. (1920). "The Shaman or Wu 巫: A Study in Graphic Camouflage". The New China Review. 2 (5): 423– 439. Hopkins, L.C. (1945). "The Shaman or Chinese Wu: His Inspired Dancing and ...
Over time shaman healers, who were mainly illiterate, were replaced by doctors and medical experts who were trusted for their education and literacy. [5] Eventually, Shamanism was mostly isolated to cults in south-eastern and south-western parts of Ming China. During the Ming dynasty, Confucianism was at the center of China's philosophy and ...
A Shang oracle text written by the Bīn group of diviners from period I, corresponding to the reign of King Wu Ding (c. 1250 BCE) [1]The Shang dynasty of China (c. 1600 - 1046 BCE), which adhered to a polytheistic religion centered around worshipping ancestors, structured itself into key religious roles with the king acting as head.
The Manchu name for a shamanic shrine or altar to the spirits is tangse. [4] Because its Chinese equivalent tangzi (堂子) means "hall", it may seem that tangse was derived from Chinese, but only around 1660 did tangse start to be translated as tangzi. [5] Before that, it was rendered into Chinese as yemiao (謁廟), or "visitation temple". [5]
The shaman Queen Himiko is recorded in various ancient histories, dating back to 3rd-century China, 8th-century Japan, and 12th-century Korea. The "Book of Wei" (Wei Zhi, 魏志), part of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, c. 297. A pinghua (vernacular) version of the Sanguozhi, the history containing the first mention of Yamatai and Himiko.
Wuxian (Chinese: 巫咸) was a Chinese shaman, or Wu (Chinese: 巫; pinyin: wū; Wade–Giles: wu; lit. 'shaman') who practiced divination, prayer, sacrifice, rainmaking, and healing in Chinese traditions dating back over 3,000 years. Wuxian lived in the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC) of China, and served under king Tai Wu.
Shaman in southern Siberia, 2014 Oroqen shaman, northern China. Siberia is regarded as the locus classicus of shamanism. [28] The area is inhabited by many different ethnic groups, and many of its peoples observe shamanistic practices, even in modern times. Many classical ethnographic sources of "shamanism" were recorded among Siberian peoples.