The Body-Mind Practices and New Media Technologies: Two Taiwanese Walking Pilgrimages
Cahiers d Extrême-Asie 2021 Hsun-Ming Chang
Taking two long-distance walking pilgrimages (Dajia 大甲 and Baishatun 白沙 屯) held annually in Taiwan as an example, this article discusses how bodily techniques and material technologies engender a sense of sacredness through bodily experience during a walking pilgrimage. “Bodily techniques” include methods of physical action, walking meditation, mental concentration, reduction in logical...