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Description: | See Feuchtwang, Stephan, 1974. An anthropological analysis of Chinese geomancy. Vientiane: Editions Vithagna.
Part Two of the book, entitled 'The indigenous model', explains the significance of the several rings and the symbols in them.
Divining compass, luopan, for fengshui, comprising a light brown lacquered wooden disc with a glass-covered magnetic compass in the centre. The top surface is inscribed with 21 rings of Chinese texts. The eight trigrams occupy the innermost ring of the compass. On the back of the compass are details of the maker's name and the place of origin: Yuan shan-shi, Wang Yang-xi from Anhui, or Xin-an, province.
caption: General view of object no. nn3817.
caption: Top view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3817
caption: Bottom view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3817 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | divination compasses wood Geomancy lacquer glass | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-76198 | Go to resource |
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