The culture of fengshui in Korea
Subtitle: an exploration of East Asian geomancy
By: Hong-key Yoon.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780739113486
Subjects: Feng shui -- Korea -- History; Feng shui -- Social aspects -- Korea (South); Feng shui -- East Asia; Korea -- Social life and customs
Other titles: Culture of feng shui in Korea
Notes: Gift of the Korea Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature and historical background of geomancy. Introduction ; The origin and evolution of geomancy ; The introduction and development of geomancy in Korea; title: Geomantic principles into practice. Yin-yang theory and geomancy ; The geomantic principles for an auspicious site ; The principles of house geomancy ; Grave geomancy and grave landscape ; An interpretation of geomantic principles ; The cartography of geomancy; title: Geomancy and religion. Geomancy's interaction with Buddhism ; Confucian ethos and geomancy; title: Geomancy and settlement. The use of geomantic ideas in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cities ; Seoul: a new dynasty's search for an auspicious site ; The social construction of Kaesong; title: Geomancy and iconography. Iconographic warfare and the geomantic landscape of Seoul ; Conclusion.