Architecture, ritual and cosmology in China : the buildings of the order of the Dong /

Drawing on the author's extensive fieldwork in the Dong areas in southwest China, this book presents a detailed picture of the Dong's buildings and techniques, with new insights into the Dong's cosmology and rituals of everyday life meshed with the architecture, and the symbolic meani...

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Main Author:	Li, Xuemei (Writer on architecture), 1967- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, [2023].
Series:	Routledge research in architecture.
Subjects:	Architecture, Dong. Ethnic architecture > China, Southwest. Vernacular architecture > China, Southwest. Architecture and cosmology > China, Southwest. Symbolism in architecture > China, Southwest.