Author: Knapp, Ronald G., 1940-

China's living houses : folk beliefs, symbols, and household ornamentation
Date1999
Publish_locationHonolulu
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberGT365.K6 1999
Description185 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
Dwellings as social templates -- Fengshui: siting and mystical ecology -- House construction: craft and ritual -- Building sorcery and defensive measures -- Summoning good fortune -- Fu (good fortune) and its components -- Narrative tales -- Resilience.
SubjectChina--Social life and customs Fengshui 風水 Dwellings--China Dwellings--Symbolic aspects--China House furnishings--China
ISBN0824820797
LCCN98-20653
China's Old Dwellings
Date2000
Publish_locationHonolulu
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfStacks [ASCC]
Call NumberNA7448.K567 2000
Descriptionxi, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Note

China's Old Dwellings / Ronald G. Knapp.

 

"A critical examination of China's folk architectural forms, providing a study of the environmental, historical and social factors that influence housing forms for nearly a quarter of the world's population. It draws on the author's 30 years of fieldwork and travel in China."

SubjectArchitecture, Chinese--Pictorial works
ISBN9780824820756 ; 9780824822149