Navigating Voyages in Real and Religious Life: The Big-Dipper Belief and Shipbuilding in Premodern China
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DOI: 10.3390/rel11080398
Abstract: Sailors in premodern China performed various types of rituals to pray for safe voyages. This article investigates a unique seven-dot image discovered from shipwrecks dated to thirteenth- and fourteenth-century China. Comparing the seven-dot image with… read more here.
Keywords: image; seven dot; premodern china; big dipper ... See more keywords