China's Living Houses : : Folk Beliefs, Symbols, and Household Ornamentation / / Ronald G. Knapp.
It has been said that for the Chinese "a house is a living symbol," one endowed with meaning and the result of conscious action. As Ronald G. Knapp has shown in earlier studies of Chinese vernacular architecture, the spaces and structures that comprise dwellings throughout China are replet...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Chinese Names and Terms
- 1. Introduction
- Part I In Quest of Harmony
- 2. Dwellings as Social Templates
- 3. Fengshui: Siting and Mystical Ecology
- 4. House Construction: Craft and Ritual
- 5. Building Sorccry and Defensive Measures
- Part II In Pursuit of Good Fortune
- 6. Summoning Good Fortune
- 7. Fu (Good Fortune) and Its Components
- 8. Narrative Tales
- 9. Resilience
- Bibliography
- Index
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR