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Water sprites and ancestor spirits: reading the architecture of Jinci.
From:
The Art Bulletin
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March 1, 2004| Author:
Miller, Tracy G.
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Jinci, or the Memorial Shrine of Jin, perhaps the most unconventional shrine complex in China, occupies a verdant site near the remains of ancient Jinyang, a capital city of the Zhou dynasty (ca. 1100-221 B.C.E.) Jin State, eleven miles southwest of the modern capital of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan. (1) According to standard histories and geographic texts dating back more than a millennium, the shrine was dedicated to a historical figure, Shu Yu of Tang, the founder of the Jin State. ...