China's living houses : folk beliefs, symbols, and household ornamentation / Ronald G. Knapp.

Main entry:

Knapp, Ronald G., 1940-

Title & Author:

China's living houses : folk beliefs, symbols, and household ornamentation / Ronald G. Knapp.

Publication:

Description:

3, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.
Dwellings as social templates -- Fengshui: siting and mystical ecology -- House construction: craft and ritual -- Building sorcery and defensive measures -- Summoning good fortune -- Fu (good fortune) and its components -- Narrative tales -- Resilience.

Summary:

"It has been said that for the Chinese "a house is a living symbol," one endowed with meaning and the result of conscious action. China's Living Houses is the first book in any language to explore comprehensively the extraordinarily complex links among folk beliefs and household ornamentation across time, space, and social class. Well-written and copiously illustrated, it reveals dwellings as dynamic entities that express the vitality of Chinese families as each journeys through life."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0824819985 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780824819989 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0824820797 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780824820794 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Dwellings Symbolic aspects China.
Feng shui China.
House furnishings China.
Habitations Aspect symbolique Chine.
Feng shui Chine.
Ameublement Chine.
Dwellings Symbolic aspects.
Feng shui.
House furnishings.
Manners and customs.
China Social life and customs.
Chine Mœurs et coutumes.
China.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204655
Call No.: GT365 .K6 1998
Status: Available

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