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Title:"Meč, ki prežene zlo" : numizmatični ali religijski predmet?
Authors:ID Grčar, Mina (Author)
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Language:Slovenian
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
Abstract:Kitajska se ponaša z dolgo in bogato tradicijo uporabe denarja in numizmatič-nih predmetov v ljudskih religijskih in vraževerskih praksah. Med najbolj posebne med njimi gotovo spadajo meči iz starih kitajskih novcev, tako imenovani bixie jian (避邪劍) ali »meči, ki preženejo zlo«. Še posebej priljubljeni so bili v času dinastije Qing (1644–1912), proti koncu katere so se vse pogosteje znašli tudi v zbirkah evropskih zbirateljev in posameznikov, ki so se tedaj mudili na Kitajskem.Slovenski etnografski muzej v Ljubljani hrani kar dva primerka takih predmetov – eden naj bi pripadal Ivanu Skušku ml., avstro-ogrskemu mornariškemu častniku ter nadušememu zbiratelju kitajskih starin in starih novcev, drugi pa misijonarju Petru Baptistu Turku, ki je na tedanjo kitajsko družbo gledal predvsem z vidika lokalnih religij in vraževerja. Kako je meč razumel vsak izmed njiju? In, širše gledano, kako se je vloga in identiteta teh mečev spremenila pri prenosu v sekundarno, evropsko okolje oziroma kako so jih razumeli njihovi novi lastniki? Kako jih danes kategorizirajo evropski muzeji? So v domeni numizmatike ali religije? ali so ti meči za obrambo pred zlimi silami morda eni tistih predmetov, ki se zaradi svoje posebne narave vztrajno izmikajo muzejski klasifikaciji?
Keywords:vzhodnoazijske zbirke, Skuškova zbirka, Ivan Skušek ml., stari kitajski novci, meč iz novcev, bixie jian, numizmatika, religijske prakse, vraževerske prakse, Peter Baptist Turk, Kitajska
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:29.12.2022
Year of publishing:2022
Number of pages:str. 105-135
Numbering:Letn. 27, št. 107/108
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-16304 New window
UDC:069.5:398.3(510)
ISSN on article:1318-8828
DOI:10.35469/poligrafi.2022.350 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:136337155 New window
Copyright:ZRS Koper
Publication date in DiRROS:28.02.2023
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Record is a part of a journal

Title:Poligrafi. revija za religiologijo, mitologijo in filozofijo
Shortened title:Poligrafi
Publisher:Nova revija, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo, Nova revija, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo, Univerza na Primorskem, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Univerzitetna založba Annales, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Annales ZRS, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo
ISSN:1318-8828
COBISS.SI-ID:59336192 New window

Document is financed by a project

Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:J6-3133
Name:Osiroteli predmeti: obravnava vzhodnoazijskih predmetov izven organiziranih zbirateljskih praks v slovenskem prostoru

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Language:English
Title:The "evil-warding sword" : ǂa ǂnumismatic or religious artefact?
Abstract:China boasts a long and rich tradition of using money and numismatic objects as part of popular religious and superstitious practices. Chinese coin-swords, the so-called bixie jian (避邪劍) or “evil-warding swords,” certainly represent some of the most curious objects of the kind. They enjoyed great popularity during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), toward the end of which they also found their way into the possessions of European collectors and individuals who visited China at the time.The Slovene Ethnographic Museum in ljubljana holds two specimens of Chinese coin-swords – one is believed to have belonged to Ivan Skušek Jr., an austro--Hungarian naval officer as well as an enthusiastic collector of Chinese antiques and cash-coins, and the other to Peter Baptist Turk, a Christian missionary who saw Chinese society of the time mainly through the prism of local religions and superstitions. How did each of them view their sword? and, speaking from a broader perspective, how did the role and identity of Chinese coin-swords change after they had been transferred into a secondary, European environment? In other words, how were they understood by their new owners? How do European museums categorise them today? Do they belong to the domain of numismatics or religion? Or do “evil-warding swords” fall into the category of those objects whose specific nature makes them defy all kinds of museum classification?
Keywords:East-Asian collections, Skušek collection, Chinese cash-coins, coin-sword, numismatics, religious practices, superstitious practices, China


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