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In Between Wind and Water,, orientation, distribution of waters and vegetation, climate and winds, and so on—to establish whether and to what extent a site under consideration is “auspicious” for the locating of graves, but also for the building of houses and even entire towns. Of course, Feng Shui has no scientific basis, b

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Pyramids on the River,eums form a fascinating sacred landscape along the course of the river Wei, not far from modern Xian. The astronomical orientations of these monuments as well as their relationships within each other and with the landscape are extensively discussed. The birth of Chinese monumental sculpture, occurre

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The Golden Age,pe of the Tang mausoleums, based on natural mountains but endowed with spectacular Sacred Ways, and that of the—less spectacular, but fascinating—Northern Song mausoleums are analysed. The curious, peculiar features of the imperial Necropolis of the Western Xia dynasty are also described.

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A New Splendor,dent in the architectural project of the first imperial tomb of the dynasty in Nanjing, Xiaoling, which is accurately described together with its companion, unfinished project: the (little known) hugest megalithic monument ever conceived in human history, which still remains in its quarry at Jangsha

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The Last Dynasty,roughly analysed here. Among them, the Summer palace in Beijing, the mountain resort of Chengde’, and most of all the two magnificent Necropolises usually called the Eastern and the Western Qing tombs.

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