Tung Shu and Everyday Life of Australian Chinese: Case Study of Temple Opening Ceremonies

Event Details

Date:

Thursday, 19 March 2015

Time:

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Room:

207

UQ Location:

Gordon Greenwood Building (St Lucia)

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Research Cluster for Chinese Entrepreneurial Studies Public Seminar

Tung Shu is an Everyday Life’s guidebook. Chinese have been using it continuously for over two and a half thousand years. Wherever Chinese are living and whether they truly understand Tung Shu, without separated from Chinese community, Tung Shu certainly affects their Everyday Life. This presentation will look at how the early Chinese settlement in Australia practised customs stated in Tung Shu and focus on the Ze Ri (chronomancy) practise. Chinese from South China have carried their customs to build temples in overseas to worship gods. Temple opening ceremony was one of the biggest events in overseas Chinese community hence the opening ceremony day had to be selected on an auspicious day. This presentation will analyse how the Chinese gold rushers practiced Ze Ri to select auspicious days for the temple opening ceremonies.

Speaker: Mr Wing-Fai Wong