How Long to Read Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China

How Long Does it Take to Read Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 25 minutes to read Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China by Xuemei Li

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Drawing on the author’s extensive fieldwork in the Dong areas in southwest China, this book presents a detailed picture of the Dong’s buildings and techniques, with new insights into the Dong’s cosmology and rituals of everyday life meshed with the architecture, and the symbolic meanings. It examines how the buildings and techniques of the Dong are ordered and influenced by the local culture and context. The timber bridges and drum towers are the Dong’s most prominent architectural monuments. Usually built elaborately with multiple roofs, these bridges and drum towers were designed and maintained by the local carpenters who also built the village suspended houses, in an oral tradition carried down from father to son or to apprentice. They were funded entirely by the local people, and the bridges tend to be built in places without great pressure of traffic or another bridge already existing close by. Why does such great expense go into the Dong’s buildings with elaboration? How were they built? And what do they mean to their users and builders? This book is an anthropological study on the Dong’s architecture and technique, and it aims to contribute a discourse on the interdisciplinary research area. It is suitable for graduate and postgraduate readers.

How long is Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China?

Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China by Xuemei Li is 317 pages long, and a total of 81,469 words.

This makes it 107% the length of the average book. It also has 100% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 25 minutes to read Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China aloud.

What Reading Level is Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China?

Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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