China's living houses : folk beliefs, symbols, and household ornamentation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knapp, Ronald G., 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [1999]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.