Traditional Chinese Villages

Author : Linping Xue,Xi Pan,Xin Wang,Honghong Zhou
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813361546

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Traditional Chinese Villages by Linping Xue,Xi Pan,Xin Wang,Honghong Zhou Pdf

This book uses the concept of the region to introduce traditional Chinese villages in ten typical areas. Most of the villages have been included in the World Cultural Heritage List or the Tentative List and reflect the diversity of rural and traditional life. Richly illustrated with pictures of architectural decorations, dwellings, day-to-day country life and aerial views of settlements, it not only enhances readers’ knowledge of China’s traditional architectural culture but also provides inspiration for architectural creation. It is a valuable resource for graduate students, lecturers and researchers in the field of traditional villages, heritage conservation and Chinese architectural culture.

Author : Kun Li
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819969616

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A Morphological Interpretation of a Northern Chinese Traditional Village by Kun Li Pdf

Author : Ronald G. Knapp
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0824814134

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Chinese Landscapes by Ronald G. Knapp Pdf

"The studies collected in this volume were written by anthropologists, architects, geographers, historians, a sociologist, and a veterinary ecologist. Taken together they form an exceptionally coherent survey of Chinese villages, ranging from the dry north to the humid southeast and southwest of this vast country. Going beyond books on Chinese vernacular architecture that focus on individual dwellings, this work examines the village ensemble itself, the various settings for the habitation, work, and leisure of China's large rural population." "Discussions of design, spatial layout, physical setting, settlement patterns, geomantic principles (fengshui), and evolutionary patterns set the stage for eighteen village case studies. Many villages still preserve characteristics that evoke a respect for and understanding of "old China," while others expose the drastic metamorphosis of recent decades. Villages are examined as places, emphasizing that which is visible; each village has its own order and complex of natural and human elements. Chinese Landscapes, though it focuses on the physical appearance of individual villages as they are situated within the constellation that comprises the Chinese landscape, suggests much about more general social, economic, and political patterns."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Sidney David Gamble
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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North China Villages by Sidney David Gamble Pdf

Author : James Hayes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111770942

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South China Village Culture by James Hayes Pdf

The true essence of China is rooted in its villages. The traditional village culture of South China, as elsewhere in the country, is a microcosm of the greater society and philosophy of China, both ancient and modern. This book focuses particularly on Hong Kong and Shenzhen, originally part of the same county in Guangdong province, which share a rich heritage of diverse influences - a mix of doctrines and varied beliefs, interwoven with regional social and economic practices operating through a well-ordered local organisation - that have helped make this region the success it is today.

Author : Arthur H. Smith
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781528786171

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Village Life in China - A Study in Sociology by Arthur H. Smith Pdf

“Village Life in China - A Study in Sociology” is one of the author's fascinating written accounts of his experiences living and travelling China during the late 19th century, this particular volume focusing on the subject of rural life in the country. He wrote this book while living among the local population in small agricultural villages, noting down his observations and compiling them into this insightful glimpse of 19th-century rural China. Arthur Henderson Smith (1845 – 1932) was a missionary famous for spending 54 years doing missionary work in China. He wrote many books about his time there, presenting China to many foreign readers for the first time. Other notable works by this author include: “Chinese Characteristics”, and “The Uplift of China”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Author : Li Shulei
Publisher : Springer
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812879462

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The “States” in Villages by Li Shulei Pdf

This book presents a study in educational sociology, exploring the function of rural schools, which are a symbol of the state in rural society, in a time characterized by local cultural transition. The book begins with an investigation of the status quo, background and history of a representative rural school, Fengning Hope Elementary School, and gives a definition of “the ‘states’ in villages.” Subsequently, on the basis of research on the teachers, an analysis of the courses taught, and comparison to other rural elementary schools of the same type, it reveals the dual status of rural schools and their relation with social development in rural areas. Based on thorough fieldwork and empirical research, the book provides a new vision of the interactive relation between the state and rural society, particularly focusing on the role of rural education in that relation. In addition, it explores the reshaping of Chinese culture and the part that intellectuals play in the process of today’s cultural transition. For English-language readers and Western professionals, this translated version will offer an essential window into Chinese studies from a local point of view.

Author : William L. Parish,Martin King Whyte
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1980-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226645916

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Village and Family in Contemporary China by William L. Parish,Martin King Whyte Pdf

After 1949 the Chinese Communists carried out land reform, the collectivization of agriculture, and the formation of people's communes. The new economic and political organizations that emerged have made peasant life more comfortable and secure, but many economic and status differentials and traditional customs remain resistant to change. Focusing on rural Kwangtung province, William L. Parish and Martin King Whyte examine the rural work-incentive system, village equality and inequality, rural health care and education, marriage customs, and the position of women, among other topics, to determine what and how much of the traditional Chinese ways of life is left in Communist China.

Author : Lin Juren,Xie Yuxi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538112366

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A Century of Change in a Chinese Village by Lin Juren,Xie Yuxi Pdf

This compelling book analyzes the dramatic changes in rural Chinese society as a result of rapid urbanization. Building on eight decades of studies of the village of Lengshuigou, Chinese sociologists examine the fundamental changes over the last century that have radically transformed centuries-old systems of patriarchy and generational order.

Author : Gonçalo Santos
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295747392

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Chinese Village Life Today by Gonçalo Santos Pdf

China has undergone a remarkable process of urbanization, but a significant portion of its citizens still live in rural villages. To gain better access to jobs, health care, and consumer goods, villagers often travel or migrate to cities, and that cyclical transit and engagement with new technoscientific and medical practices is transforming village life. In this thoughtful ethnography, Gonçalo Santos paints a richly detailed portrait of one rural township in Guangdong Province, north of the industrialized Pearl River Delta region. Unlike previous studies of rural-urban relations and migration in China, Chinese Village Life Today—based on Santos’s more than twenty years of field research—starts from a rural community’s point of view rather than the perspective of major urban centers. Santos considers the intimate choices of village families in the face of larger forces of modernization, showing how these negotiations shape the configuration of daily village life, from marriage, childbirth, and childcare to personal hygiene and public sanitation. Santos also outlines the advantages of a rural existence, including a degree of autonomy over family planning and community life that is rare in urban China. Filled with vivid anecdotes and keen observations, this book presents a fresh perspective on China’s urban-rural divide and a grounded theoretical approach to rural transformation.

Author : Edward Friedman,Paul Pickowicz,Mark Selden,Kay Ann Johnson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300054289

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Chinese Village, Socialist State by Edward Friedman,Paul Pickowicz,Mark Selden,Kay Ann Johnson Pdf

This portrait of social change in the North China plain depicts how the world of the Chinese peasant evolved during an era of war and how it in turn shaped the revolutionary process. The book is based on evidence gathered from archives and interviews with villagers and rural officials.

Author : YINGCHAO. JIN,Jiahua Qi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1487809409

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A Study of the Regional Cultures of Chinese Traditional Villages in Shaanxi Province by YINGCHAO. JIN,Jiahua Qi Pdf

A Study on the Regional Culture of Chinese Traditional Villages in Shaanxi Province analyses the traditional villages of China's Shaanxi Province in the context of the natural environment and human history and explores the cultural diversity accommodating the orthodox, nomadic, farming and immigrant cultures represented in the traditional villages of different regions of this province. This research boasts a unique academic value of expounding the historical significance of traditional villages from a cultural perspective and contributing to strengthening the protection of traditional villages. Constructive suggestions are also given on how to protect and develop traditional villages to implement practical policies and drive future research.

Author : Arthur H. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015003840553

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Village Life in China by Arthur H. Smith Pdf

Author : Mobo C. F. Gao
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824821238

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Gao Village by Mobo C. F. Gao Pdf

This book is about Gao Village, in Jiangxi province, where the author was born and brought up, leaving when he was twenty-one to study English at Xiamen University. Since emigrating to Australia in 1990, he has returned every year to Gao Village, where his brother still lives. Several accounts of village life in China have been published, but all have been by Western or urban Chinese scholars. Mobo Gao's account is in every sense one from the inside. Though written as an academic work, it does not eschew personal stories and experiences relevant to the themes addressed. These cover a forty-year period and fall into four distinct themes; the village before and after land reform; the commune system; the dismantling of the communes; and the unfolding impact of the market economy, including increased migration to urban areas, from the late 1980s onwards.

Author : Sun-Pong Yuen,Pui-Lam Law,Yuk-Ying Ho,Fong-Ying Yu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317465089

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Marriage, Gender and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village by Sun-Pong Yuen,Pui-Lam Law,Yuk-Ying Ho,Fong-Ying Yu Pdf

This book explores changing concepts of marriage and gender relationships and attitudes toward sex in a rural Chinese community over the past five decades. The book is based on a study of an industrialized peasant village in Guangdong Province from 1994 to 1996 and subsequent visits from 2000 to 2002. According to the authors, the rural economic reforms of the 1980s in southern China have challenged and reinforced the deep structure of Chinese familism and this has lead to tensions between tradition and modernity. The first section of the book explores how attitudes toward marriage and courtship have changed over the past fifty years through personal accounts of three different marriages from different generations. In Part II, the transition from a traditional to a modern society is discussed from the perspective of several women from different generations. The third section focuses on sexual relationships and the growing sex trade in the village. Part IV includes updates to the original survey and takes a look at village politics.