Essays about: "chinese cosmology"

Found 2 essays containing the words chinese cosmology.

  1. 1. A comprehension of Feng-shui and its relevance tolandscape architecture

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Yang Wang; [2012]
    Keywords : Feng-shui; ideal landscape; space and place; nature; harmony;

    Abstract : The Feng-shui theory, although hotly debated since Communism took power in China,currently serves as instrument for landscape evaluation and improvement in thepursuit of an ideal landscape mode for livelihood and eventually for harmony betweennature and human being. It has arguably, as guidance, contributed a lot to shaping theideal landscape, the mode of which, as modeled on Feng-shui, might thus be seen toprovide a basic model for the traditional elements of the Chinese built environment,such as city structure, architecture and garden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Re-enchanting China: Private Religiosities in the Media Field in Beijing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Björn Schwartz; [2012]
    Keywords : chinese dialectics; chinese cosmology; Maoism; enchantment; disenchantment; VIP religion; guanxi-networking; post-socialist subjectivity; clubbing as networking and status affirmation; field analysis; status; the emerging structure of entitlement; social change in contemporary China; the private media field in Beijing; conversion; Vajrayana Buddhism; christianity; housechurch; religious revival; emergent social hierarchy; private religions; secret social movements; the Christian field in China; the Buddhist field in China. Housechurch as millenarianism. Comparing Housechurch with cult of Mao.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis examines two emergent religiosities which flourish among university students and young professionals connected with the private media field in Beijing. One case group consists of young successful professionals from the field of private media who have started to worship a living Buddha of the Vajrayana school. READ MORE