Research Catalog

Title

Ritual and ceremonious buildings / Sun Dazhang ; [translated by Zhong Guodong, Zhang Long].

Author

Sun, Dazhang.

Publication

Wien ; New York : Springer, 2002.

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Details

Description

186 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps, plans; 37 cm.

Series Statement

Ancient Chinese architecture.

Uniform Title

• 禮制建築. English
• Li zhi jian zhu. English
• 中國古建築大系. English.
• Zhongguo gu jian zhu da xi. English.

Alternative Title

• 禮制建築.
• Li zhi jian zhu.

Subject

• Temples > China
• Shrines > China
• Architecture, Ancient > China
• Temples, Confucian > China
• Confucian shrines > China
• Architecture, Ancient
• Confucian shrines
• Shrines
• Temples
• Temples, Confucian
• Tempels
• Confucianisme
• China

Contents

Photographs -- Formation and Historical Development of Ritual Architecture -- From the Confucian Ritual Concept to the Sacrificial Architecture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties -- I. Ritual Architecture and Confucianism -- II. Formation and Development of Ritual Architecture -- The Forms and Artistic Significance of Ritual Architecture -- Ritual Architecture for Human Worship and the Worship of Nature From the Imperial Family to that of the Common People -- I. Altars and Temples for the Worship of Natural Gods -- II. Temples for the Worship of Ancestors -- III. Temples of the Sages -- IV. Ming Tang and Biyong -- V. Artistic Significance -- App. Ruins of a Sacrificial Altar of the New Stone Age -- App. General Layout Plan of Jinci Temple and Elevation of the Hall of the Mother Saint, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province -- App. Map of Ritual Architecture in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty -- App. General Layout Plan of the Temple of Heaven, Beijing -- App. Plan of the Circular Terrace and Imperial Heavenly Vault, Temple of Heaven, Beijing -- App. Plan of the Terrace of Prayer for Grain and Front Elevation of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, Temple of Heaven -- App. General Layout of the Temple of Confucius in Qufu and Elevation of Shengshimen Gate -- App. Plan, Elevation and Section of the 11th Stele Pavilion in the Temple of Confucius, Qufu -- App. Plan and Elevation of Dacheng Gate in the Temple of Confucius, Qufu -- App. Plan, Front Elevation and Vertical Section of Dacheng Hall in Temple of Confucius, and Columns Carved with Dragons -- App. Plan, Elevation and Section of the Apricot Terrace in the Temple of Confucious, Qufu -- App. Plan, Elevation and Section of Shengji Hall in the Temple of Confucius, Qufu -- Notes on the Photographs -- Guide to the Temple of Confucius in Qufu -- Map of Ritual Architecture in China -- Chronology of Major Events in the History of Chinese Architecture.

ISBN

• 321183012X
• 9783211830123

LCCN

2003276906

OCLC

• ocm51745713
• 51745713
• SCSB-8801747

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library