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SUMMARY:The Wrath of the Dragon King: Popular Religion and the 1931 Centra
 l China Flood. - Christopher Courtney
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CONTACT:Paulina Rowicka
DESCRIPTION:In 1931 the Central Chinese city of Wuhan experienced a catast
 rophic flood. Amongst the numerous explanations given for this disaster\, 
 one of the most popular was that a Dragon King\, angered by the recent dem
 olition of his temple\, was wreaking vengeance upon the city. In this talk
  I will use this event to highlight the broader clash between popular reli
 gion and secularist reform in early twentieth century China. This is often
  characterised as a conflict between the hegemonic forces of modernity and
  the religious freedom of beleaguered traditionalists. The Dragon King con
 troversy reveals a far more complex dynamic\, in which popular religion ca
 me to serve a variety of political purposes.\n
LOCATION:Senior Parlour\, Gonville &amp\; Caius College
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