A tongji at a temple religious ceremony in Taiwan.Chinese characters for tongji
This word compounds tong童 "child; youth; boy servant" and ji乩 "to divine" (cf. fuji扶乩 "divination; planchette writing"). Regional variants include Hokkientâng-ki童乩 and Cantonesegei-tung乩童 or san-daa神打.
A tongji or jitong is a person believed to have been chosen by a particular shen (chinese deity) or spirit as the earthly vehicle for divine expression. The Chinese differentiate a wu巫 "shaman; healer; spirit medium" who gains control of forces in the spirit world versus a tongji who appears to be entirely under the control of forces in the spirit world.
External links and referencesedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tongji.
Andersen, Poul. 2008. "Tâng-ki (or jitong) 童乩 (or 乩童) spirit-medium", in The Encyclopedia of Taoism, ed. by Fabrizio Pregadio, pp. 964-966. Routledge.
Elliott, Alan J. A. 1955. Chinese Spirit Medium Cults in Singapore. Monographs on Social Anthropology, No. 14. Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Groot, Jan Jakob Maria. 1892-1910. The Religious System of China: Its Ancient Forms, Evolution, History and Present Aspect, Manners, Customs and Social Institutions Connected Therewith. 6 volumes. Brill Publishers.
Jordan, David K. 1976. "A Medium's First Trance", Anthropology: Perspective on Humanity, ed. by Marc J. Swartz and David K. Jordan. John Wiley & Sons.
Jordan, David K. 1977. "How to Become a Chinese Spirit Medium".
Jordan, David K. 1999. Gods, Ghosts, & Ancestors: Folk Religion in a Taiwanese village. 3rd edition. Department of Anthropology, UCSD.
Myers, John T. 1974. . Social Research Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Myers, John T. 1975. "A Hong Kong Spirit-medium Temple", Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 15:16-27.
January 01, 1970
tongji, spirit, medium, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, u. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message An editor has performed a search and found that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject s notability Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tongji spirit medium news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help improve this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Tongji Chinese 童乩 pinyin tongji Wade Giles t ung chi lit youth diviner Tai lo tang ki or Jitong Chinese 乩童 pinyin jitong Wade Giles chi t ung lit divining youth is a Chinese folk religious practitioner usually translated as a spirit medium oracle or shaman A tongji at a temple religious ceremony in Taiwan Chinese characters for tongji This word compounds tong 童 child youth boy servant and ji 乩 to divine cf fuji 扶乩 divination planchette writing Regional variants include Hokkien tang ki 童乩 and Cantonese gei tung 乩童 or san daa 神打 A tongji or jitong is a person believed to have been chosen by a particular shen chinese deity or spirit as the earthly vehicle for divine expression The Chinese differentiate a wu 巫 shaman healer spirit medium who gains control of forces in the spirit world versus a tongji who appears to be entirely under the control of forces in the spirit world External links and references edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tongji Andersen Poul 2008 Tang ki or jitong 童乩 or 乩童 spirit medium in The Encyclopedia of Taoism ed by Fabrizio Pregadio pp 964 966 Routledge Elliott Alan J A 1955 Chinese Spirit Medium Cults in Singapore Monographs on Social Anthropology No 14 Department of Anthropology London School of Economics and Political Science Groot Jan Jakob Maria 1892 1910 The Religious System of China Its Ancient Forms Evolution History and Present Aspect Manners Customs and Social Institutions Connected Therewith 6 volumes Brill Publishers Jordan David K 1976 A Medium s First Trance Anthropology Perspective on Humanity ed by Marc J Swartz and David K Jordan John Wiley amp Sons Jordan David K 1977 How to Become a Chinese Spirit Medium Jordan David K 1999 Gods Ghosts amp Ancestors Folk Religion in a Taiwanese village 3rd edition Department of Anthropology UCSD Myers John T 1974 A Chinese Spirit medium Temple in Kwun Tong A Preliminary Report Social Research Centre Chinese University of Hong Kong Myers John T 1975 A Hong Kong Spirit medium Temple Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 15 16 27 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tongji spirit medium amp oldid 1171114615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
