Folklore Studies of Traditional Chinese House-Building

Chapter 1. Land Worship and building construction Folklore.- Chapter 2. Tree Worship and building construction Folklore.- Chapter 3. Beam Setting Ceremony and Application of Fetishes.- Chapter 4. Supernatural Beings, Incantations, and Talismans: The Taoist Influence.- Chapter 5. House Builders’ Covert Sorcery in Social and Cultural Context.- Chapter 6. The Legend of Gun and the Origin and Evolution of Chiwei.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Shiwu Li is a male, born in 1984, Chuxiong, Yunnan, and is a Yi nationality. He completed Doctor of Law (ethnology) and is Associate Professor of Yunnan University. Research interests include Chinese minority art and folklore. He is also Director of Chinese Academy of Art Anthropology.