Navigating Voyages in Real and Religious Life: The Big-Dipper Belief and Shipbuilding in Premodern China
Sailors in premodern China performed various types of rituals to pray for safe voyages. This article investigates a unique seven-dot image discovered from shipwrecks dated to thirteenth- and fourteenth-century China. Comparing the seven-dot image with the Big-Dipper image in premodern navigation map...
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[2020]
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Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3 |
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folk belief
B folk rituals B premodern China B Shipbuilding B the Big Dipper |
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