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Ritual and ceremonious buildings / Sun Dazhang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sun, Dazhang.
- Series:
- Zhongguo gu jian zhu da xi. English
- Ancient Chinese architecture
- Standardized Title:
- Li zhi jian zhu. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Temples, Chinese.
- Vernacular architecture--China.
- Vernacular architecture.
- Religious facilities.
- China.
- Architecture--China.
- Architecture.
- Religious facilities--China.
- Physical Description:
- 186 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 37 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Wien ; New York : Springer, 2002.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Chinese.
- Summary:
- Innumerable sacrificial altars and ancestral temples bear witness to the role of Confucianism, which was the dominant ideology in China for over 2000 years. Many of these elegant ritual and ceremonial buildings are devoted exclusively to the remains of illustrious forebears, emperors and kings. The scale and form adopted by the various buildings was dictated by the strict codes of Confucian rites which were often also dedicated to the moon, the sun, the universe and the rivers. Among the most elegant examples are the Temple of Heaven, The Temple of Confucius, The Ancestral Temple, The Temple of State and the Dai Temple.
- ISBN:
- 321183012X
- OCLC:
- 51745713
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