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Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China

- The Buildings of the Order of the Dong
Af: Xuemei Li Engelsk Paperback

Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China

- The Buildings of the Order of the Dong
Af: Xuemei Li Engelsk Paperback
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Drawing on the author’s extensive fieldwork in the Dong areas in southwest China, this book presents a detailed picture of the Dong’s buildings and techniques, with new insights into the Dong’s cosmology and rituals of everyday life meshed with the architecture, and the symbolic meanings. It examines how the buildings and techniques of the Dong are ordered and influenced by the local culture and context.

The timber bridges and drum towers are the Dong’s most prominent architectural monuments. Usually built elaborately with multiple roofs, these bridges and drum towers were designed and maintained by the local carpenters who also built the village suspended houses, in an oral tradition carried down from father to son or to apprentice. They were funded entirely by the local people, and the bridges tend to be built in places without great pressure of traffic or another bridge already existing close by. Why does such great expense go into the Dong’s buildings with elaboration? How were they built? And what do they mean to their users and builders?

This book is an anthropological study on the Dong’s architecture and technique, and it aims to contribute a discourse on the interdisciplinary research area. It is suitable for graduate and postgraduate readers.

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Drawing on the author’s extensive fieldwork in the Dong areas in southwest China, this book presents a detailed picture of the Dong’s buildings and techniques, with new insights into the Dong’s cosmology and rituals of everyday life meshed with the architecture, and the symbolic meanings. It examines how the buildings and techniques of the Dong are ordered and influenced by the local culture and context.

The timber bridges and drum towers are the Dong’s most prominent architectural monuments. Usually built elaborately with multiple roofs, these bridges and drum towers were designed and maintained by the local carpenters who also built the village suspended houses, in an oral tradition carried down from father to son or to apprentice. They were funded entirely by the local people, and the bridges tend to be built in places without great pressure of traffic or another bridge already existing close by. Why does such great expense go into the Dong’s buildings with elaboration? How were they built? And what do they mean to their users and builders?

This book is an anthropological study on the Dong’s architecture and technique, and it aims to contribute a discourse on the interdisciplinary research area. It is suitable for graduate and postgraduate readers.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 274
ISBN-13: 9781032133560
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1032133562
Kategori: Social- & Kulturantropologi
Udg. Dato: 28 nov 2024
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 235mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato: 28 nov 2024
Forfatter(e): Xuemei Li
Forfatter(e) Xuemei Li

Kategori Social- & Kulturantropologi

ISBN-13 9781032133560

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 274

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 235mm

Højde 156mm

Udg. Dato 28 nov 2024

Oplagsdato 28 nov 2024

Forlag Taylor & Francis Ltd

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