Agenda
| 17th October, 2026 | |||
| Venue: Institute for Chinese Studies, Yonsei University | |||
| 08:00-08:30 Registration | |||
| 08:30-09:00 Welcome Remarks Kim, Hyun-cheol （Dean of the Yonsei Institute for China Studies (YICS)） George C. S. Wong (Chairman, Foundation of Chinese Dietary Culture) |
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| 09:00-09:30 Keynote Speech Cheng-sheng Tu 中國古代飲食禮儀的文化意涵 |
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| Panel | Speech Title | Speaker | Topics |
| Panel 7 09:30-11:20 |
Chair：Hung-Lin Chiu | ||
| Correspondence Between Life and Death: Exploring the Cultural Affiliation of the 8,000-Year-Old Liangdao Man through Dietary Habits and Burial Practices | Hung-Lin Chiu | From Food Practices to Archaeological Evidence: Food, Ritual, and Culture in the Past | |
| Transformation and Reinterpretation of Vessels in Siraya Culture: From Foodways and Ritual Practices to Cultural Interaction | Kuo Sheng-Wei | From Food Practices to Archaeological Evidence: Food, Ritual, and Culture in the Past | |
| From Food to Ritual: Shell Culture at the Eluanbi-I Site during the Middle Neolithic Period in Taiwan | Hung-Lin Chiu | From Food Practices to Archaeological Evidence: Food, Ritual, and Culture in the Past | |
| 11:20-12:20 Lunch | |||
| Panel 2 12:20-15:25 |
Chair：Kim Seonja | ||
| Allow Pork for the Goddess!: Layers of Meaning in the Pork Taboo of Jeju Island Rituals |
Kim Seonja | Symbolic Systems of Food in Myth and Ritual: Taboo, Offering, Cosmology | |
| A Study on the Cultural Significance of the ‘Pig Slaughtering’ Ritual in the New Year Customs of the Yi People of Yunnan Province, China | Na Sangjin | Symbolic Systems of Food in Myth and Ritual: Taboo, Offering, Cosmology | |
| Manchu ‘Bobo’ Culture and Sacrificial Rites | Park Soojin | Symbolic Systems of Food in Myth and Ritual: Taboo, Offering, Cosmology | |
| Diets, Jades, Rites: Reconstructing Shanhaijing through Diets and Rituals/YI SEOK GU | 李碩九 | Symbolic Systems of Food in Myth and Ritual: Taboo, Offering, Cosmology | |
| The Fruit Production and Ritual Offering System of the Qing Imperial Household | LEE SS | Symbolic Systems of Food in Myth and Ritual: Taboo, Offering, Cosmology | |
| 15:25-15:40 Coffee Break | |||
| Panel 3 15:40-18:00 |
Chair: Chung-Hsien Chung | ||
| The character of food and the perception of the high and low among sacrificial offerings | Chung-Hsien Chung | The Exploration of the Secular and Sacred Aspects of Food: The Cultural Significance of Food in Ritual Practice | |
| Food Symbolism and Conceptions of the Body in Ancient Rituals | Su-Chuan Lin | The Exploration of the Secular and Sacred Aspects of Food: The Cultural Significance of Food in Ritual Practice | |
| Tracing the Origins of the Food Culture in Taiwanese Religious Ceremonies: Taoist Dietary Beliefs | Cheng Tsan-Shan | The Exploration of the Secular and Sacred Aspects of Food: The Cultural Significance of Food in Ritual Practice | |
| Food and Reverence: The Sacred–Profane Multiplicity of the Tao (Yami) Flying-Fish Season (rayon) | Chiru Chien | The Exploration of the Secular and Sacred Aspects of Food: The Cultural Significance of Food in Ritual Practice | |
| 18th October, 2026 | |||
| 08:00-08:30 Registration | |||
| Panel 5 08:30-10:20 |
Chair: Yuan-Peng Chen | ||
| Hakka Society and Culture in Liudui as Expressed through the Zuo Fu Bai Xin Ding Ritual | Tseng, Lin-Yi | Ritual and Chinese Customs | |
| Flowers as Offerings: Sacrificial Banqueting and the Reconfiguration of Buddhist and Daoist Conceptions of Offering in Medieval China | Chen Yi-Yun | Ritual and Chinese Customs | |
| Banquet Reform and the Introduction of Western Dining Customs during the Early Republican Era: Observations From the Perspective of Ritual | Yuan-Peng Chen | Ritual and Chinese Customs | |
| Panel 6 10:20-12:15 |
Chair: Mei-Ling Chien | ||
| From Hearth to Hillside: Food, Space, and Sociality in Hmub Sisters’ Meal Practices |
Mei-Ling Chien | Ritual Practices of Rice Culture Among Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China: Personhood, Grouping, and Emotions | |
| The Interweaving of Material Culture and Views of Life: The Construction of Personhood in the Adding-Rice-Grain Ritual of the Zhuang People in Guangxi | Kao Ya-ning | Ritual Practices of Rice Culture Among Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China: Personhood, Grouping, and Emotions | |
| Rice, Songs, and Vows: Women and Ritual Foodways in the Iu Mien Rite of Repaying a Vow to King Pan | Mei-wen Chen | Ritual Practices of Rice Culture Among Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China: Personhood, Grouping, and Emotions | |
| 12:10-13:10 Lunch | |||
| Panel 1 13:10-15:35 |
Chair: Paehwan Seol | ||
| Purity and Imperial Statecraft: 13th–14th Century Buddhist Vegetarianism and the Mongol Imperial Court | Paehwan Seol | The Political Economy of Food and its Sensory Culture: Solidarity, Purity, Auspiciousness, and Resources | |
| From "Zhou Dishes" to "Southern Duck Roast"：Narrative Strategies in Shituan Yanji | Minwoo Cho | The Political Economy of Food and its Sensory Culture: Solidarity, Purity, Auspiciousness, and Resources | |
| Ginseng in Qing Dynasty Manchuria and the Manchu People | Seonmin, Kim | The Political Economy of Food and its Sensory Culture: Solidarity, Purity, Auspiciousness, and Resources | |
| Beyond Commemoration and Remembrance: Focusing on the History and Current Status of the Gwangju May 18th Jumeokbap (Rice Balls) | Lee Heekyung | The Political Economy of Food and its Sensory Culture: Solidarity, Purity, Auspiciousness, and Resources | |
| 15:35-15:50 Coffee Break | |||
| Panel 4 15:50-17:40 |
Chair: Sidney Cheung | ||
| The Social Significance of the Earth God Sharing out Pork Meat | Sidney Cheung | Blessing or Empowerment Behind Rituals? | |
| Japanese Sake and "Kagami-biraki": Emergence of a New Tradition and Its Globalization | Yao Chiu | Blessing or Empowerment Behind Rituals? | |
| Funeral feasts in Hong Kong: A Ritual in the Process of Vanishing and Transforming | Stanley Ng | Blessing or Empowerment Behind Rituals? | |