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Sacred Landscapes of Imperial China
- Astronomy, Feng Shui, and the Mandate of Heaven
Engelsk Paperback
Sacred Landscapes of Imperial China
- Astronomy, Feng Shui, and the Mandate of Heaven
Engelsk Paperback

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This book analyses the magnificent imperial necropolises of ancient China from the perspective of Archaeoastronomy, a science which takes into account the landscape in which ancient monuments are placed, focusing especially but not exclusively on the celestial aspects. The power of the Chinese emperors was based on the so-called Mandate of Heaven: the rulers were believed to act as intermediaries between the sky gods and the Earth, and consequently, the architecture of their tombs, starting from the world-famous mausoleum of the first emperor, was closely linked to the celestial cycles and to the cosmos. This relationship, however, also had to take into account various other factors and doctrines, first the Zhao-Mu doctrine in the Han period and later the various forms of Feng Shui. As a result, over the centuries, diverse sacred landscapes were constructed. Among the sites analysed in the book are the “pyramids” of Xi’an from the Han dynasty, the mountain tombs of the Tang dynasty, and the Ming and Qing imperial tombs. The book explains how considerations such as astronomical orientation and topographical orientation according to the principles of Feng Shui played a fundamental role at these sites.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
179
ISBN-13:
9783030493264
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
3030493261
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Udg. Dato:
16 jun 2021
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
155mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Oplagsdato:
16 jun 2021
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