University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Department of East Asian Languages and School of Arts and Sciences Civilizations 1992 National Party and Local Politics in Ordos, Inner Mongolia (1926-1935) Christopher P. Atwood University of Pennsylvania,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/ealc Part of the East Asian Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Atwood, Christopher P., "National Party and Local Politics in Ordos, Inner Mongolia (1926-1935)" (1992). Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. 22. https://repository.upenn.edu/ealc/22 At the time of publication, author Christopher P. Atwood was affiliated with Indiana University. Currently, he is a faculty member in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department at the University of Pennsylvania. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/ealc/22 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. National Party and Local Politics in Ordos, Inner Mongolia (1926-1935) Disciplines Arts and Humanities | East Asian Languages and Societies Comments At the time of publication, author Christopher P. Atwood was affiliated with Indiana University. Currently, he is a faculty member in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department at the University of Pennsylvania. This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/ealc/22 CHRISTOPHER ATWOOD (Bloomington) NATIONAL PARTY AND LOCAL POLITICS IN ORDOS, INNER MONGOLIA (1926-1935) At the beginning of spring 1929, a lama was cremated in Üüshin banner, on the Ordos plateau. After the fire burned out the attend- ants gathered the remnants of his bones and, mixing these sacred rel- ics with earth, interred them in a small pagoda designed to hold the remnants of holy men* An unridden horse was released on the steppe for the liberation of the lama's soul, while the living monks held serv- ices in the temple.