ciaota.bsky.social
Librarian for pre-modern Chinese Books @KULeuven. Ph.D. in Chinese studies. Gongyang Confucianism, revenge (復讎), Kang Youwei, and video games. First gen, they/them.
👤 Joined on 22 octobre 2023
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@ciaota.bsky.social#QPArchive Ōtsu-e woodblock print by Takahashi Shōzan IV 四代 高橋松山 1932-2018 Oni no Kannembutsu 鬼の寒念仏 Demon's Winter Chanting Buddha's [name] Kannembutsu was a grueling ritual where devotees walked the streets during the coldest month of winter chanting Buddha's name. A parody of demon-mind-piety
Show PostSince this is also a topic fit for #Halloween: sutras written in blood at Yongquan temple (earliest from 1634). 657 extant volumes, from pricked fingertips or tongues of generations of monks who had abstained from salt so the #blood would retain its bright hue. #buddhism #history
Show PostCreepy entities, from a tomb! #Halloween
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