Cultural Preservation of Mahayana Buddhism Identity in the Dimension of Chinese Shrines: Case Studies of Muang Phuket District, Phuket Province
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The research purposed to indicate the identity and cultural preservation of Mahayana Buddhism in Chinese Shrines in Muang Phuket District, Phuket Province. A qualitative approach was used to analyze the social phenomena of the study by using participant and non-participant observation, as well as an in-depth interview. The identity of Mahayana Buddhism in Chinese shrines repre-sented the Chinese ethnicity such as Chinese style deities, Chinese poem decoration, Chinese auspi-cious words, Chinese Buddhist doctrines, Chinese arts, and teaching of Chinese deities such as Kuan Im Bodhisattvas and Jigong Arahants. There were also various social activities aiming at the maintain-ing of Mahayana Buddhism as well as inheriting Chinese ethnicity such as praying Mahayana Buddhism Mantras (Songkeng), classes for teaching Mahayana Buddhist Mantras and prayers, rituals containing Mahayana Buddhist identities as well as annual traditions. Every social activity of the Chinese shrines was supported by bilateral govern-mental organization and private sectors represent-ing the social solidarity to Phuket Hokkien Culture inheritance.
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