CULTURE OF FENGSHUI IN KOREA

This is a paperbound reprint of a 2006 book. The art of fengshui has had a deep and extensive impact on Korean, Chinese, and other East Asian cultures. Korean native Yoon (geography and environmental science, U. of Auckland, New Zealand) explores the nature of geomantic principles and their applications in Korean culture. Coverage includes the origins, evolution, and spread of geomancy; the development of geomancy in Korea; Chinese geomantic principles and their applications for the building of graves and houses; the relationships between geomancy and Korea's main religions, Buddhism and Confucianism; the use of geomantic ideas in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cities, with particular focus on Seoul and Kaesong; and the role of geomancy in the iconographical warfare between Japanese colonialism and Korean nationalism. For students and scholars of Asian studies and geography. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hong-key Yoon is associate professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.