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Author : 馀桂元
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787805519890
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (198 download)
Download or read book China's Famous Buddhist Temples, Taoist Shrines, Mosques and Churches written by 馀桂元 and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zhi Dao
Publisher : DeepLogic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book History of Temples and Churches in China written by Zhi Dao and published by DeepLogic. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides highlights on the key concepts and trends of evolution in History of Temples and Churches in China, as one of the series of books of “China Classified Histories”.
Author : Carl Frederick Kupfer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Sacred Places in China written by Carl Frederick Kupfer and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Johnson
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1101870052
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Souls of China written by Ian Johnson and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2017 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist: a revelatory portrait of religion in China today, its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is now awash with new temples, churches, and mosques as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty over what it means to be Chinese, and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality a century ago and is still searching for new guideposts. Ian Johnson lived for extended periods with underground church members, rural Daoists, and Buddhist pilgrims. He has distilled these experiences into a cycle of festivals, births, deaths, detentions, and struggle a great awakening of faith that is shaping the soul of the world s newest superpower. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout).
Author : Shun-xun Nan
Publisher : Himalayan Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9780893892623
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (926 download)
Download or read book China's Sacred Sites written by Shun-xun Nan and published by Himalayan Institute Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Chinese developed building techniques that are astounding in their ability to match nature and endure for centuries. China's Sacred Sites presents a vision of architecture as a harmonious interaction of human culture and the natural world. Over 300 color photos and architectural drawings document some of the most remarkable achievements of mountainscape feng shui. The wisdom of these ancient builders is particularly relevant today as sustainable building practices and green design take architecture in new directions.
Author : Sarah Cook
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538106116
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The Battle for China's Spirit written by Sarah Cook and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle for China’s Spirit is the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, focusing on seven major religious groups in China that together account for over 350 million believers: Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Tibetan Buddhism, and Falun Gong. The study examines the evolution of the Communist Party’s policies of religious control, how they are applied differently to diverse faith communities, and how citizens are responding to these policies. The study—which draws on hundreds of official documents and interviews with religious leaders, lay believers, and scholars—finds that Chinese government controls over religion have intensified since November 2012, seeping into new areas of daily life. Yet millions of religious believers defy official restrictions or engage in some form of direct protest, at times scoring significant victories. The report explores how these dynamics affect China’s overall social, political, and economic environment, while offering recommendations to both the Chinese government and international actors for how to increase the space for peaceful religious practice in a country where spirituality has been deeply embedded in its culture for millennia.
Author : Wei Ran
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783211830307
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Ancient Chinese Architecture written by Wei Ran and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-06-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sophistication of Ancient Chinese Architecture gives it a special place within the architecture of the world. There are magnificant imperial palaces, solemn and breathtaking imperial tombs, mysterious sacrificial and ancestral altars and temples as well as a variety of vernacular dwellings of natural simplicity. Religious buildings are dotted about the country, with a riotous profusion of Buddhist, Taoist and Islamic temples or mosques. On top of all this, city walls and fortifications, civic buildings for miscellaneous purposes are rich in variety and form impressive landmarks. A fascinating tour of the architectural and artistic highlights of China’s rich cultural heritage in 10 volumes.
Author : D. C. Burn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Lunghwa Temple written by D. C. Burn and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ran Wei
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (611 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Buildings written by Ran Wei and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gilbert Ernest Hubbard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Temples of the Western Hills written by Gilbert Ernest Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yoshiko Ashiwa
Publisher : Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780231197342
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (973 download)
Download or read book The Space of Religion written by Yoshiko Ashiwa and published by Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nanputuo Temple in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen has been a cherished site for the worship of the bodhisattva Guanyin for centuries. It was a center of modernizing Buddhism in the early twentieth century and a flagship for the revival of Buddhism after state suppression during the Cultural Revolution. The Space of Religion takes readers inside the Nanputuo Temple in order to explore the practice of Buddhism in modern China and the complex relationship between Buddhism and the Chinese state. Based on three decades of ethnographic research, Yoshiko Ashiwa and David L. Wank tell the story of Nanputuo against the backdrop of a dramatic stretch of Chinese history. They vividly depict episodes such as renovating the halls, reestablishing ties with overseas Chinese donors, conflicts with local government, revival of ritual life, reopening of its Buddhist academy, and the passion of the Guanyin birthday festival. To understand Nanputuo, Buddhist communities, and other temples in Xiamen, Ashiwa and Wank develop the concept of religion as a space constituted by physical, semiotic, and institutional dimensions. They also show how the Chinese state and Buddhism have each adapted to the other, as the temple has adjusted to government policy while the state has deployed Buddhism in its promotion of Chinese culture. This interdisciplinary book is both a theoretically generative analysis of religious spaces and an empirically rich account of the recovery of Buddhism in China after the Mao era.
Author : Asia Watch Committee (U.S.)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
ISBN 13 : 9781564320506
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Freedom of Religion in China written by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1992 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. Arrests and Trials
Author : John Renard
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809140916
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)
Download or read book 101 Questions and Answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto written by John Renard and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reader-friendly introduction to the history, beliefs, structures and practices of three major indigenous religious traditions of East Asia -- Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto.
Author : John Knight Shryock
Publisher : Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Temples of Anking and Their Cults written by John Knight Shryock and published by Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. This book was released on 1931 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jiang Wu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000568350
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Formation of Regional Religious Systems in Greater China written by Jiang Wu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of Spatial Humanities has spurred a digital revolution in the field of Chinese studies, especially in the study of religion. Based on years of data compilation and analysis of religious sites, this book explores the formation of Regional Religious Systems (RRS) in Greater China in unprecedented scope and depth. It addresses quantitatively the enduring historical and contemporary issues of China’s deep-rooted regionalism and spatially variegated cultural and religious landscape. A range of topics are explored: theoretical discussions of the concept of RRS; case studies of regional and local religious institutions; the formation of local cults and pilgrimage network; and the spread of religious networks to overseas Chinese communities and the Bon religion in Tibet. The book also considers long-standing challenges of researching with spatial data for humanities and social science research, such as data collection, integration, spatial analysis, and map creation. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Chinese Studies, Digital Humanities, Human Geography and Sociology.
Author : Karma Yonten Gyatso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781896559063
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple written by Karma Yonten Gyatso and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of annotated photos taken in 2009 and 2010 at Ching Kwok Chinese Buddhist Temple, located in Toronto, Ontario.The book is arranged as a walk-around, featuring pictures of the main shrine hall, the main altar, all of the statues, close-up details of many statues, the various chapels, offering tables, paintings, ritual objects, decorative panels, and calligraphic scrolls. Each item is accompanied by an explanation of its iconographic meaning, context, fabrication and provenance.The significant contribution of "Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple" is to reveal the key concepts embedded within the numerous objects common to Chinese Buddhist shrines, as well as the layout of the temple, in an engaging manner that combines photographic representations with explanations. The book is suitable for anyone interested in Chinese Buddhism and culture.
Author : Selina Ching Chan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415642248
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Building Temples in China written by Selina Ching Chan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the revival of worship of the Chinese Deity Huang Daxian and the building of many new temples to the god in mainland China over the last 20 years. Following extensive fieldwork and visits to these temples, the authors analyse how development-oriented temple-building activities in Mainland China reveal the forces of transnational ties, capital, markets and identities, as temples were built with the hope of developing tourism, boosting the local economy, and enhancing Chinese identities for Hong Kong worshippers and Taiwanese in response to the reunification of Hong Kong to China. Including chapters on local religious memory awakening, pilgrimage as a form of tourism, women temple managers, entrepreneurialism and the religious economy, Lang and Chan have produced a truly inter-disciplinary follow up to Rise of the Refugee God which will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese religion, Chinese culture, Asian anthropology, cultural heritage and Daoism alike.
