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Author : William Edgar Geil
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 1926
Category : China
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The account of a visit to the sacred mountains of China.

Author : William Edgar Geil
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,17 MB
Release : 1926
Category : China
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The account of a visit to the sacred mountains of China.

Author : Susan Naquin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : 9780520075672

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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
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780893892623

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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.

Author : Max Muller
Publisher : Sacred Books of the East
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 2018-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781788942805

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The Sacred Books of China - Volume 5 of 6. The Sacred Books of the East (SBE) series, comprising fifty volumes, was issued by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist and scholar of comparative religion, Max Müller. He wrote three of the volumes, and collaborated on three others. The SBE has been designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works.

Author : Michael J. Walsh
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0231519931

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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 : Paul Clarence Challen
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778720379

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Along China's Yellow River, a mighty and technologically advanced civilization grew and flourished for thousands of years without any contact from the rest of the world. Life in Ancient China explores the daily lives of early the Chinese people, profiles the great dynasties that ruled China over the centuries, and introduces important religious and philosophical contributions, such as Confucianism, Daosim, and Buddhism. Enduring Chinese innovations, such as writing, papermaking, and The Great Wall are also featured.