Ancient Chinese Architecture / Ritual and Ceremonious Buildings

by Dazhang Su

Innumerable sacrificial altars and ancestral temples bear witness to the role of Confucianism, which was the dominant ideology in China for over 2000 years.Many of these elegant ritual and ceremonial buildings are devoted exclusively to the remains of illustrious forebears, emperors and kings. The scale and form adopted by the various buildings was dictated by the strict codes of Confucian rites which were often also dedicated to the moon, the sun,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3990432362
• ISBN13: 9783990432365
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Ambra Verlag
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 56.88 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary