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DESCRIPTION:The military farming policy (屯田制\, tun tian zhi) promoted
  by Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the 1300s encouraged Han Chinese to immi
 grate from the empire’s eastern coast to the southwestern frontier at Zh
 enyuan in present-day Guizhou Province\, China. The Green Dragon Cave Temp
 le Complex of Zhenyuan exemplifies cultural synthesis between the indigeno
 us Hmu\, i.e.\, Black Miao (黑苗)\, and the émigré Han Chinese communi
 ties.\n\nOriginally a sacrificial ground for ancestor worship and the resi
 dence of local Miao leaders\, the site was converted by Han Chinese into a
  religious complex that included Confucian\, Buddhist\, and Daoist temples
  constructed during the Ming period (1368-1644)\, as well as the Jiangxi G
 uild Hall (會館\, hui guan) during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). The syn
 cretic architectural style was reflected in the Han’s adoption of the Mi
 ao’s ethnic markers—buffalo horns—for decoration and the technique
 —stilted houses (diaojiao lou 吊腳樓)—for construction. The indigen
 ous Miao\, being portrayed as a marginalized group\, contributed to this s
 ite through the persistence of their distinguished culture.\n\nA short acc
 ount from an autobiography in the Supernatural Collection (fangwai zhuan 
 方外轉) of the Zhenyuan Gazetteer will be presented to illustrate local
  Han vigilance toward the Miao as an underrepresented population. An illit
 erate Miao monk became a cultivated\, well-versed philanthropist after vis
 iting Putuo Mountain\, a famous Han-dominated Buddhist site in Zhejiang. A
 fter fundraising to repair a bridge in Zhenyuan\, he was acclaimed as the 
 “Iron Arhat” by the locals\, in contrast to Han stereotypical depictio
 ns of the Miao as wild and uncivilized. Buddhism played an adhesive role b
 etween these two cultures. However\, the untimely death of the Miao monk i
 llustrated latent Miao–Han conflicts in the empire’s frontier regions\
 , portraying the Miao as an Exotic Other in a broader historical context.
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LOCATION:Room 208 (Seats 40)
SUMMARY:Cultural Exchange with Ethnic ‘Others’ - A Study of the Green D
 ragon Cave Temple Complex in Zhenyuan - Diyang Zhou
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/EJSYJS/
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