Feng Shui (Kan Yu) and architecture : international conference in Berlin / edited by Florian C. Reiter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reiter, Florian C.

Series:

Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ; Bd. 38.

Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feng shui--Congresses.

Feng shui.

Architecture--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Architecture.

Architecture--Environmental aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011.

Contents:

Considerations about the assessment and application of feng shui in Berlin / Florian C. Reiter

Feng shui: a universal mode of thought? / Ole Bruun

Cultural ecological links in "the geomantic landscape of a sailing boat" / Hong-Key Yoon

Scientific research of feng shui applications for the built environment / Michael Y. Mak

Feng shui and architecture in Taizhou / Wang Yude

Spatial appreciation with Yin Han dialects / Howard Choy

Traditional Chinese architecture and feng shui / Gyda Anders

Feng shui in Germany / Eduard Kögel

Mount Hongding / Tsai Sueyling

Study of flying stars method of the compass school with case studies / Albert T. So and Michael Y. Mak

The cosmology of Yang Yunsong and science / Michael Paton

The origin of Bazhai feng shui / Stephen L. Field, J.K. and Ingrid Lee

The four directional animals in East Asia / Ellen van Goethem.

Notes:

"Humboldt University with the help of co-organizers conducted the International Conference on Feng Shui (Kan Yu) and Architecture from 09.-11. November 2010 ... The volume presents thirteen contributions in the sequence of the agenda at the conference"--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783447065924

3447065923

OCLC:

768165459