By Tao Tao Liu, David Faure
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11 The same emphasis on the centrality of Guangzhou may be found in the chapter on customs (fengsu) in the Guangdong history. Following the standard practice in local history compilation, the chapter discusses separately the custom of each prefecture or sub-prefecture in Guangdong province. 12 In this enlightenment by scholarship, all prefectures in Guangdong had undergone a similar 40 David Faure experience, even though the increasingly civilized Guangzhou contrasted with the segmented character of Huizhou, Shaozhou, and Nanxiong, in which the cities resembled Guangzhou and the countrysides were unruly.
Lu Rong, writing in the mid-fifteenth century, was concerned that the use of the temple for provincial purposes meant that matters pertaining to the local prefecture 24 Susanna Thornton were being disrupted. Lu argued that while it was acceptable for a provincial official to preside over sacrifices to universal spirits such as Confucius, when it came to making sacrifice to the gods of mountains and rivers of Hangzhou prefecture itself, it should be the local prefect who was present, not the provincial representative.