Domesticated Deities and Auspicious Emblems

Po Sung-nien (Bo Songnian 薄松年) is a former graduate and current member of the faculty at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. He was the Chinese Popular Culture Project's Senior Residential Fellow in 1990-1991, when he curated the exhibition Domesticated Deities and Auspicious Emblems from his personal collection. He is the author of several Chinese-language books of the history of painting in China and the history of New Year's prints.

David G. Johnson is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include premodern China and traditional Chinese popular culture. He is the co-author of Domesticated Deities and Auspicious Emblems (IEAS, 1992) and the author of Spectacle and Sacrifice: The Ritual Foundations of Village Life in North China (Harvard University Press, 2010).
Education: A.B. at Harvard College; Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley

Preface—7

Introduction—9

Explanatory Note—19

Iconic Prints: The Gods of the Chinese Peasant Family

The Stove God—23

The Gods of Wealth—60

Other Gods—66

Pantheons and Ancestors—84

Buddhist Deities—96

Mimetic Prints and Papercuts

Door Gods and Door Prints—105

Chung K'uei—136

Auspicious Prints—148

Instructive Prints—162

Opera Prints—171

The Mouse's Wedding—181

Papercuts—191

Select Bibliography—205

Glossary—206