Yaohan Ding

Reading Confucian Ethics on the Façade: A Semiotic-Coding Framework for Guangfu Ancestral Halls Demonstrated on the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall

Confucian ethics are widely credited with shaping Guangfu ancestral halls, yet existing scholarship approaches their façades from two disconnected ends: macro-cultural studies treat the façade as an undifferentiated emblem of lineage order, while craft studies document individual...