The ancestral hall and ancestor veneration narrative of a Huizhou lineage in Ming–Qing China
As a venerable institution of ancestor veneration, ancestral halls remained buildings reserved for the gentry class before the Ming dynasty, and became vehicles for transmitting a form of elitism within a privileged circle. Hence, owning ancestral halls was also deemed a manifestation of political a...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2022.2153059 |