From"Yongqing Divine Assembly"to"Yu Ye Guild":An Analysis of the Ancient Jade Craftsmen Guilds and Ancestral Deities in Suzhou
The worship of ancestral deities is a tradition in the trades of craftsmanship.Suzhou's jade craftsmanship,however,simultaneously venerates two ancestral deities,King Zhou and QiuChuji,which was questioned in the previous studies.When discussing the early Suzhou jade industry guilds,only a"Yu Ye Guild"dominated by the"Jing Bang"is studied.In fact,"Yu Ye Guild"by the"Jing Bang"worship Qiu Chuji,and"Yongqing Drvine Assembly"by the"Su Bang",which is scarcely know,worships king Zhou,and this demonstrates the historical evolution of the ancient jade craftsmen guilds in Suzhou.
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