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This book is a selection of papers from the symposium "Constructing Spaces in Chinese Rural Areas and Market Towns - The Role of the Sacred" held in November 2011. The content covers Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan. The ceremonial spaces in different regions shown in the articles have great similarities, that is, local religious Each tribe has its own rhetoric as a reason for controlling local shrines and temples; although not every article describes religious rituals, it can be seen from them that villages have religious rituals that are entrusted to ritual experts; Buddhist temples play an important role in the ritual space, and they are one-third of the world with ancestral halls and temples.