The Sacred 5 Of China
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Author | : William Edgar Gell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317845803 |
First published in 2007. Geil argues in this book that five is a number most remarkable to the man of the Central Kingdom. Crafted to the rule of fifths, the author discusses aspects of the world, mountains and religion which lead to the analysis of five. These include the ascent of five key figures: Tai Shan, Nan Yo, Sung Shan, Hua Shan and Heng Shan. This title includes illustrations throughout with a comprehensive index.
Author | : William Edgar Geil |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : China |
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The account of a visit to the sacred mountains of China.
Author | : William Edgar Geil |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : China |
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The account of a visit to the sacred mountains of China.
Author | : Susan Naquin |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages |
ISBN | : 9780520075672 |
Until now, China has been scarcely represented in the burgeoning comparative literature on pilgrimage. This volume remedies that omission, discussing the interaction between pilgrims and sacred sites from the tenth century to the present. From the perspectives of literature, art, history, religion, politics, and anthropology, the essays focus on China's most famous pilgrimage mountains as well as lesser known sites.
Author | : Shun-xun Nan |
Publisher | : Himalayan Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780893892623 |
The ancient Chinese developed building techniques that are astounding in their ability to match nature and endure for centuries. China's Sacred Sites presents a vision of architecture as a harmonious interaction of human culture and the natural world. Over 300 color photos and architectural drawings document some of the most remarkable achievements of mountainscape feng shui. The wisdom of these ancient builders is particularly relevant today as sustainable building practices and green design take architecture in new directions.
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Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Confucianism |
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Author | : Ernest John Eitel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1873 |
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2021-07-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004456740 |
This book is a collection of studies of various religious groups in the changing religious markets of China. These ethnographic studies demonstrate many shades of gray in the religious market and fluidity across the red, black, and gray markets.
Author | : Michael J. Walsh |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2010-03-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0231519931 |
Buddhist monasteries in medieval China employed a variety of practices to ensure their ascendancy and survival. Most successful was the exchange of material goods for salvation, as in the donation of land, which allowed monks to spread their teachings throughout China. By investigating a variety of socioeconomic spaces produced and perpetuated by Chinese monasteries, Michael J. Walsh reveals the "sacred economies" that shaped early Buddhism and its relationship with consumption and salvation. Centering his study on Tiantong, a Buddhist monastery that has thrived for close to seventeen centuries in southeast China, Walsh follows three main topics: the spaces monks produced, within and around which a community could pursue a meaningful existence; the social and economic avenues through which monasteries provided diverse sacred resources and secured the primacy of Buddhist teachings within an agrarian culture; and the nature of "transactive" participation within monastic spaces, which later became a fundamental component of a broader Chinese religiosity. Unpacking these sacred economies and repositioning them within the history of religion in China, Walsh encourages a different approach to the study of Chinese religion, emphasizing the critical link between religious exchange and the production of material culture.
Author | : Ian Johnson |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101870052 |
From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist: a revelatory portrait of religion in China today, its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is now awash with new temples, churches, and mosques as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty over what it means to be Chinese, and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality a century ago and is still searching for new guideposts. Ian Johnson lived for extended periods with underground church members, rural Daoists, and Buddhist pilgrims. He has distilled these experiences into a cycle of festivals, births, deaths, detentions, and struggle a great awakening of faith that is shaping the soul of the world s newest superpower. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout).