The culture of fengshui in Korea an exploration of East Asian geomancy
Introduction -- The origin and evolution of geomancy -- The introduction and development of geomancy in Korea -- Geomantic principles into practice -- Yin-yang theory and geomancy -- The geomantic principles for an auspicious site -- The principles of house geomancy -- Grave geomancy and grave lands...
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Lanham, Md. u. a.
Lexington Books
2006
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction -- The origin and evolution of geomancy -- The introduction and development of geomancy in Korea -- Geomantic principles into practice -- Yin-yang theory and geomancy -- The geomantic principles for an auspicious site -- The principles of house geomancy -- Grave geomancy and grave landscape -- An interpretation of geomantic principles -- The cartography of geomancy -- Geomancy and religion -- Geomancy's interaction with Buddhism -- Confucian ethos and geomancy -- Geomancy and settlement -- The use of geomantic ideas in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cities -- Seoul: a new dynasty's search for an auspicious site -- The social construction of Kaesong -- Geomancy and iconography -- Iconographic warfare and the geomantic landscape of Seoul -- Conclusion Introduction -- The origin and evolution of geomancy -- The introduction and development of geomancy in Korea -- Geomantic principles into practice -- Yin-yang theory and geomancy -- The geomantic principles for an auspicious site -- The principles of house geomancy -- Grave geomancy and grave landscape -- An interpretation of geomantic principles -- The cartography of geomancy -- Geomancy and religion -- Geomancy's interaction with Buddhism -- Confucian ethos and geomancy -- Geomancy and settlement -- The use of geomantic ideas in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cities -- Seoul: a new dynasty's search for an auspicious site -- The social construction of Kaesong -- Geomancy and iconography -- Iconographic warfare and the geomantic landscape of Seoul -- Conclusion |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (S. 313-325) and index Enthält auch eine Geschichte des Palastes des japanischen Generalgouverneurs in Seoul,der an der Stelle des Kwanghwamun stand der an der SteSt |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 331 S Ill., graph. Darst., Kt |
| ISBN: | 0739113488 0-7391-1348-8 9780739113486 978-0-7391-1348-6 |