ABSTRACT
Quanzhen Daoists in Gansu are dominated by the Longmen branch, and had reached the 34th generation at the time of writing. The Anthology work in Gansu focuses on activity in two centres some 400 kilometres apart: Zhangye municipality in the Hexi corridor, and Jingtai county north of Lanzhou. For Jingtai county, the name of the Shoulushan temple also seems to be serving merely as a banner under which to group the lay Daoists of the county. The transcriptions of Daoist ritual in Jingtai open with a lengthy passage of the mortuary Shiwang baojuan jing to the Ten Kings, including chanted and sung texts, percussion and suona accompaniment, but omitting some of the recited passages. Vocal and/or instrumental excerpts from Gansu Daoists are also transcribed from Qingshui, Lingtai, Weiyuan, Wuwei, Minqin, and Gulang counties, and Jiayuguan municipality. Folk Buddhist ritual in Gansu, as generally in north China, appears very minor compared to Daoism.
