2024 Collection of Papers on Malaysian Chinese Folk Customs

As a society of immigrants, customs and practices have shifted over the course of history, incorporating local elements and developing distinct cultures from their original homelands. This cultural tradition, characterized by differences within similarities and a profound unity within differences, particularly embodies the localized characteristics of Taiwanese and Malaysian social culture and folk customs. The "2024 Collection of Research Papers on Chinese Folk Customs in Malaysia" (ISBN: 9786297575223) compiles the latest research findings from scholars in Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, exploring the diversity of Chinese society and the beauty of cultural integration through a comparative perspective.

About the AuthorEditor's Preface／ Chen Congyuan

Cross-domain and evolution
• The spread and development of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms drumming in Taiwan and its local evolution / Zheng Zhousheng, An Huanran
• The Development and Characteristics of Anxi City God Belief in Taiwan / Xie Guiwen
• Leaving the Native Land: The Evolution of Belief in the Taiwanese God of Wealth and Silk / Cai Wuhuang
• Fortune Telling Without Borders: The Development and Transformation of the Earth God’s Fortune Telling/ Li Shuru

Faith and Place
• Xian Fashi Gong and the Creation of a Sense of Place: A Study of the Folk Beliefs of Teochew Fishermen in Malaysia / Lin Qichun
• Folk beliefs and the structure of regional society: Taking the local Chinese community in Jelutong, Johor as an example / Chen Jianfa
• A Brief Analysis of the Social Welfare Activities of the Taoist Church in Malaysia: A Case Study of Jiyang Pavilion / Zhang Zhao
• The Senior Citizens Association of the Nanhai Association of Perak, Malaysia and the Qixi Festival: A Study on the Inheritance of Chinese Customs and Rituals / Huang Xinyang

Text and Field
• The legends of Minnan characters written by Muar writer Huang Tongcheng / Ke Rongsan
• "Monkey Heart" Sees the True Heart: A Comparative Study of Chinese and Malaysian Folk Tales / Liao Xiaowen
• A Preliminary Study on the Folk Customs of Xiegang in Southern Johor / Mok Ka-ho
• Research on Zhenjun Emperor: A Study of Zhenjun Temples in the Malay Peninsula / Liu Jianyu, Zhou Jianxing

Memory and Quyi
• Local Style in Nanyang: Memories of “Entertainment” in Xinhua Tabloids in the 1950s and 1960s / Huang Wenche
• “Vulgarity” in Memory: The Cultural Functions of “Gods” and “Ghosts” in “Vulgar Land” / Zhao Wei
• Introduction to Malaysian and Singaporean Folk Music and Opera / Liao Wenhui

Vulgar and Super
• Vanishing Traditions: A Survey on the Mortality of Fujianese in Malaysia / Li Yongqiu
• Positioning and management of new-generation funeral service companies in Taiwan and Malaysia: A study of "Winter Melon Travel" (Taipei) and "One Yuan" (Kuala Lumpur) / Lin Hancong, Wang Xiujuan
• The inheritance of overseas Chinese folk beliefs: An analysis of the Zhongyuan Chuduan Dharma Assembly at the Guangdong Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur / Gao Jingyi