Проблемы литератур Дальнего Востока. Часть 1

Новые вопросы изучения классической китайской литературы... Issues of Far Eastern Literatures. Vol. 1. 2018 91 The custom of pilgrimage to the Yu Mountain persists even nowadays, as was witnessed by the author on April 1, 2014. The self-organized groups of pilgrims are accompanied by small bands of traditional fiddles and flutes (see Figure 1). They climb the mountain from the early morning till the afternoon, bringing symbolic offerings to the newly restored temple of Zhenwu. Pilgrims chant special prayers, written down in the manuscripts of the Incense Scroll ( Xiang juan 俉ধ ), which can be found at the local storytellers a.k.a. ritual specialists — “masters of telling scriptures” ( jiangjing xiansheng 䅋㏃ ݸ ⭏ ) in Changshu. Masters of telling scriptures nowadays also can be invited to chant Baojuan of Xiangshan 俉ኡᇍধ and Baojuan of the Ancestor ⾆ᐸᇍধ in the temples of the Yu Mountain — the activity that is not mentioned in HFJ (see below) 1 . This festival has old origins and has to do with the special form of local worship of Zhenwu (Xuantian shangdi ⦴ཙкᑍ ), one of the most popular Daoist deities, who is revered by the local people as their ancestor 2 . According to local sources, the temple to Zhenwu originally was built on the Yu Mountain during the Ming dynasty (16 th century). It was one of the most important temples of Changshu county in the imperial period 3 . Hanging incense burning on the hands was the common practice 1 On the published texts, see ZCBJ, 1. 24–53. 2 One should note that Yu Mountain also was a burial place for eminent persons in the past. 3 On the history of this temple, see Wang Jian ⦻ ڕ , Li hai xiang guan: Ming Qing yilai Jiangnan Su Song diqu minjian xinyang yanjiu ࡙ᇣ⴨䰌 : ᰾␵ԕֶ⊏ই㰷ᶮൠ॰≁䯃ؑ Ԡ⹄ウ (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe, 2010), pp. 151–155. Figure 1: “Burning incense” at the festival of Zhenwu, Yu Mountain near Changshu, 01.04.2014