A brief history of Beiji (Northern Culmen), with an excursus on the origin of the character di.

From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Pankenier, David W. | Copyright information

Chinese preoccupation with astronomical orientation has a very long history. Archaeological evidence from the fifth millennium B.C. Neolithic cultures of North China shows that burials and dwellings were already being oriented with particular attention to the diurnal and seasonal variations in the sun's position. (1) With the beginning of the Bronze Age in the early second millennium B.C. and the inception of early state formation, such concepts had progressed to the point where ri...

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