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03039aam a2200373 i 4500 001 7CFB42C09E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 220921s2023 nyuo bc 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781597115452 020 $a 1597115452 035 $a (OCoLC)1345220896 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d RRR $d OCLCO $d ZQP $d SILO 041 $a chi $a chi 050 4 $a TR647 $b .Z395 2023 066 $c $1 082 04 $a 770 100 1 $a Zhang, Xiao, $d 1981- $e photographer. $e photographer. 245 10 $6 880-01 $a Zhang Xiao : $b community fire = Zhang Xiao : she huo / $c texts by Ilisa Barbash, Zhang Xiao ; essay by Ou Ning. 264 1 $a New York : $b Aperture ; Cambridge, MA : $c 2023. 880 10 $6 245-01/$1 $a Zhang Xiao : $b community fire = Æ¡ÌæÌ : ÃÌ̱ / $c texts by Ilisa Barbash, Zhang Xiao ; essay by Ou Ning. 300 $a 181 pages : $b color photographs ; $c 24 cm 500 $a "The publication of Zhang Xiao coincides with an exhibition at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, from May 2023 to March 2024."--Page [183]. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 8 $a In his project Community Fire, the photographer Zhang Xiao takes a local, hometown look at Shehuo, a Chinese Spring Festival tradition celebrated in rural northern Chinese communities, including temple fairs, dragon dances, and storytelling. Shehuo, literally, 'community fire' is devoted to the worship of land and fire, and boasts a history of many thousands of years. During the festival, people hold ceremonies, pray for the next year's good harvest, and confer blessings of peace and safety for all family members. However, what was once a heterogeneous cultural tradition with myriad regional variations has largely become a tourist-facing, consumption-oriented enterprise. In the early 2000s, Shehuo received an 'intangible cultural heritage' designation from the People's Republic of China, resulting in increased funding in exchange for greater government involvement. While transforming the practitioners' relation to Shehuo, this change expresses itself most visually in the way Qing dynasty era costumes and props have been replaced with newer, cheaper products from online shopping websites. Zhang's photographs capture how these mass-produced substitutions have transformed the practice of Shehuo. Through a colorful and fantastical blend of portraiture and ephemera that documents the blurred edges between the everyday and the absurd, Community Fire is a dynamic visual exploration of one of China's oldest traditions. 600 10 $a Zhang, Xiao, $d 1981- $v Exhibitions. 650 0 $a Photography, Artistic. 650 0 $a Festivals $z China $v Pictorial works. 655 7 $a Photobooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Ou, Ning, $d 1969- $e writer of added commentary. 700 1 $a Barbash, Ilisa, $d 1959- $e writer of added commentary. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219013406.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7CFB42C09E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search