por pedroceinos | Mar 6, 2022 | books, culture
Manual of Taoist Architecture Manual of Taoist Architecture There are some illustrated books that produce in the reader a contradictory feeling, because the images that explain what the text is about are sometimes accompanied by an exposition of ideas that is too...
por pedroceinos | Dic 20, 2021 | books
The Stories of Beijing of David Kidd The Stories of Beijing of David Kidd This book narrates some events in the life of an aristocratic family during the years in which China ended its traditional history and became a communist country. The author arrived in Beijing...
por pedroceinos | Jul 17, 2021 | books
The Spirits are drunk. Comparative approaches to Chinese religion Paper, Jordan. The Spirits are drunk. Comparative approaches to Chinese religion. SUNY Press. 1995 This is a completely original book on the religions of China. Instead of following the repetitive...
por pedroceinos | Jul 16, 2021 | culture
Spirits possession in ancient China Spirits possession in ancient China. I have just finished reading The Ancestors Are Drunk, a book by Jordan Paper. Perhaps one of the best books on the religion of China that can be found, because with every chapter, almost with...
por pedroceinos | Jun 2, 2021 | culture
The religions of China The religions of China Every people has the religion they inherit from their ancestors. This widely spread aphorism is truer in China than in other countries. Scholars say that the primitive religion of the Chinese, as of the peoples who lived...
