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000937429 1001_ $$aMagli, Giulio,$$d1964-$$eauthor.
000937429 24510 $$aSacred landscapes of Imperial China :$$bastronomy, Feng Shui, and the Mandate of Heaven /$$cGiulio Magli.
000937429 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2020.
000937429 300__ $$a1 online resource (181 pages)
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000937429 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
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000937429 520__ $$aThis 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 Xian 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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000937429 650_0 $$aArchaeoastronomy$$zChina.
000937429 650_0 $$aCultural landscapes$$zChina.
000937429 650_0 $$aFeng shui$$zChina$$xHistory.
000937429 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aMagli, Giulio$$tSacred Landscapes of Imperial China : Astronomy, Feng Shui, and the Mandate of Heaven$$dCham : Springer,c2020$$z9783030493233
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