Editore: Hanau: Verlag Müller u. Kiepenheuer, 1989
Da: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1stedn; lg8vo/24 cm, Original-Leinen-Einband; Vg/vgdj: 431pp, 17 Farbholzschnitten und 62 historischen Photos. "Herausgegeben von B. L. Riftin. Aus dem Russischen übertragen von S. Behrsing. Mit einem Essay "Der russische Sinologe Alekseev und seine Chinareisen" von M. V. Ban'kovskaja und B. L. Riftin, einer Nachbemerkung und Bildanmerkungen von B. L. Riftin. Mit 17 Farbholzschnitten und 62 historischen Photos." Alekseev, V. M. 1881-1951; In company with his teacher Chavannes, Alekseev travelled via the grand canal from Tianjin in May 1907 via Yangliuqing site of nianhua printing industry which he makes a long digression to describe; p71 6jun digression about fox lore;thence to Shandong reaching DEzhou on 5 june, then to Jinanfu;13 june p99 Daming Lake with whore boats aka flower boats; p112 Chavannes finds a tree blessed by Xuan Zang in 7th cent; a huge Thuja tree Arborvitae; p105 arrived at Mt Xiaotang which was site of one of 24 filials Guo Ju which Chavannes had on his list of impt archeol sites; p108 series of illus in grotto of Guo Ju which date fromn Han dyn; 109 Pek dialect understood here; 112 look for mongol inscript on Chav list and find it under a pile of ruins; 116 Zhang Tianshi and the five poisons; 118 jun18 Taishan temple judge of hell; inscription steles on tortoise back; 120 aspect of Taishanmiao; dated 1421 wall images of emperor on pilgrimage to taishan; transcribes verses of a fortuneteller in main bldg; 122 temples of Caishen cf his later publ; 122 xingma= star horses burnt together with image of god when invite to come help; 123 daoist tea ceremony; 124 guandimiao; 125 jun21 two days to climb taishan; 126 halfway up is zhongtianmen; 127 Nantianmen foto; usa missionary retreat built here; many ruined temples along way; 128 goddess of children wenwang's wife Songzi; many childpuppets laying around; 129 tang dyn inscrpt of Xuanzong; temple of xiwangmu near top; 130 wall to prevent suicides; 131 at peak is Yuhuang miao =jade emp; 22jun wanshougong is merely a hostel or club; 134 Dawangmiao is dragon temple my first encounter; modern school in japanese style; usa hosp for rich women beautiful bldgs; 135 buddh nuns; female beautyshop cosmetics; goddess bixiayuanjun niangniang; Magu fairy; 136 blind songstress; 138 Dongyuemiao for the dead; dizangdian Mulian story of Mulian; 139 travel by wheelbarrow i am afraid; 140 overnight with 90 yr old peddlar of neddlework armlets for women; 141 formal envelopes on bookcover; 170 our clothing eine schampeerei; 141 wanzen und flohe uberall in the inn; 26jun sixth week; Chavannes is depressed and silent; 143 Chav is a pure bourgoisie; 143 oppressed women behavior; 144 bound feet; 145 pay a fee to enter Zhuxi shuyuan where kongzi studied nearing Qufu; Gonglin grave of kongzi; 146 sucai fasting food bcs pray for rain in city; 146 coolie speaks russian; 148 wenhua is conf culture; magistrate must greet the dragon king bcs pray for rain; 150 procession of dragon compares with epidemic prayer in ruyssia; continue on to Kaifeng then Luoyang to Xi'an then return via Longmen on Huanghe then visit Soothill in Taiyuanfu.