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Réf.
41507
Type
conference item
Titre
Kanyu (Feng-shui): A Case of Re-interpretation of the Spirit of Space
Langues
English
Auteurs
Ding, Yuan
Date
2008
Pagination de section
1-6
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Quebec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
town planning / architecture / spirit of place / town and country planning / intangible heritage / feng shui / historic towns
Pays mentionnés
China
Monuments et sites
Wuchang City, China / Wudang Architectural Group, China
N° Patrimoine mondial
705
Résumé en anglais
Being one of the most famous intangible heritage inarchitecture and urban planning, Kanyu, whose popular name
is Feng-shui, worked in China traditionally as the spirit ofspace as well as architecture and currently as the substitute of
"superstition". Nowadays, Feng-shui is facing two problems:one is the ideological matter in its birthplace, China; the other
is the re-interpretation by modern scientific framework due tothe international impact. Through the vicissitude of Kanyu in
history, the paper tried to make transparency of how Kanyuworked as the intangible backdrop of Chinese cities, and how
did it fade with the fading of traditional philosophical air sinceChina involved in the intercultural context after 1840.
Moreover, the paper discussed the re-interpretation of Fengshui'soriginal documents as the way to protect this intangible
heritage to be part of living spirit of space.
is Feng-shui, worked in China traditionally as the spirit ofspace as well as architecture and currently as the substitute of
"superstition". Nowadays, Feng-shui is facing two problems:one is the ideological matter in its birthplace, China; the other
is the re-interpretation by modern scientific framework due tothe international impact. Through the vicissitude of Kanyu in
history, the paper tried to make transparency of how Kanyuworked as the intangible backdrop of Chinese cities, and how
did it fade with the fading of traditional philosophical air sinceChina involved in the intercultural context after 1840.
Moreover, the paper discussed the re-interpretation of Fengshui'soriginal documents as the way to protect this intangible
heritage to be part of living spirit of space.
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