Title: The archaeoastronomy and feng shui of Xanadu: Kublai Khan’s imperial Mongolian capital
Abstract: Xanadu was Kublai Khan’s imperial summer capital during the Yuan dynasty (ad 1271–ad 1368). In this article I show how Xanadu was designed in accordance with feng-shui principles that brought the site into harmony with visible and invisible forces of earth, sky, and water. New data presented here show that one way Xanadu was brought into feng-shui harmony was through multiple celestial alignments.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-04-03
Language: en
Type: article
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