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Architectural Heritage Analysis of the Yuanying Guan Pavilion: Construction and Signification

open access: yesHeritage, 2023
This paper aims to analyse the structural function and symbolic function of the historic building Yuan Guan during the inculturation process in the early Qing dynasty in China. This process was the dominant Western practice during the early Qing dynasty,
Manuel V. Castilla
doaj   +1 more source

How Do Governance Arrangements Shape Community Empowerment in Rural Ecotourism? Evidence From Wuyuan, China

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how governance arrangements shape community empowerment in rural ecotourism in China. Drawing on the six dimensions of the community empowerment framework (CEF), the study analyses qualitative data from semi‐structured interviews with 30 villagers across four ecotourism‐oriented cases in Wuyuan.
Huihui Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Wergild" (燒埋銀) under the Mongol-Yuan (元) Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yes, 1953
Under the customary law of the pre-dynastic Mongols there was undoubtedly the practice of a kind of "wergild, " the price to be paid by the kindred of a manslaughter to the kindred of the slain person as we find in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law.
岩村, 忍
core   +1 more source

Юань улсын үеийн өртөө

open access: yesОлон улс судлал, 2013
Хүннү нар эдүгээгээс 2000 гаруй жилийн тэртээ Ази, Европыг холбосон хүчирхэг гүрэн байгуулахад элч, улаачийн гүйцэтгэсэн үүрэг асар их байсан нь ойлгомжтой.
Эрдэнэхишиг Т
doaj   +1 more source

Gender Empowerment and Climate‐Smart Agriculture: Insights and Implications for Achieving Gender Equity and Climate Resilience

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of male and female empowerment, as well as gender empowerment inequality, on the adoption of climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) practices. Using a conditional mixed process model, we analyse survey data from 743 households across Henan, Shandong and Hebei provinces in China.
Junpeng Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equal before time: on the sensory suspension of accumulated time in Sichuan, China Égaux devant le temps : suspension sensorielle du temps accumulé au Sichuan (Chine)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Food and alcohol indulgence, along with tea‐drinking, gambling, and gossip, are integral to a characteristically Sichuanese ethos of ‘life enjoyment’ (xiangshou shenghuo). Beyond mere pleasure, sensory, ludic, and comic experiences temporarily strip participants of both their formal and subjective qualities.
Angel Nayden
wiley   +1 more source

Shared Vocabulary between Meiteilon and Tai Varieties and Pre‐Modern Language Contact on the Indo‐Myanmar Border1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines lexical and phonological evidence for language contact between Old and modern Meiteilon (Manipuri) and Tai varieties, identifying loanwords relating to domestic life, trade and literary culture. Comparative data from Shan dialects and Old Meiteilon manuscripts such as the Cheitharon Kumpapa are employed in contextualising
Josiah Medin
wiley   +1 more source

From politics to economics: The investigation of the determinants of local administrative hierarchy in the Tang–Song transition

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 39-78, March 2025.
Abstract This study collects original data to examine the determinants of classification criteria of county hierarchy and its rank variations during the Tang–Song period. The results reveal that the county hierarchy was affected by both economic and political situations, with more emphasis on politics in Tang and economics in Song.
Nan Li, Heqi Cai
wiley   +1 more source

The Alans in Mongolia and China: the main written sources (1253–1811)

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение
This paper is a source study review aimed at presenting the main information that details the history of the Alans’ service to the Mongols in Mongolia and China.
Kaziev E.V.
doaj   +1 more source

Cambodia’s Decline and the Fall of Angkor as Pictured in the Chinese Sources during the Yuan and Early-Middle Ming dynasties (Late XIII - Early XV cc.)

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2022
The fall of Angkor in the 15th century marked a turning point in the Cambodian history leading to the downfall of the Khmer civilization and the start of the so-called “post-Angkor period” which is also often referred to as the “Dark Age of Cambodia ...
Ilia S. Kolnin
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