The Grand Documentation : Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese Religious Architecture (1906-1931).

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Plates -- Introduction -- Sources and research -- Preparation and research concept -- The education of Ernst Boerschmann and his early work for the military -- Heinrich Hildebrand and the documentation of the Temple of Enlightenment (1891-1897) -- Joseph Dahlmann and religion in the Far East -- Boerschmann's memorandum about research in Chinese architecture (1905) -- Karl Bachem and the German Reichstag -- The Temple of Azure Clouds -- Fritz Jobst at Jietai Temple (1905) -- Franz Baltzer and Japanese architecture -- Architecture and the religious culture of the Chinese -- Field trips in China (1906-1909) -- On the way to China (1906) -- First winter in Beijing (1906-1907) -- Trip to the Eastern Qing Tombs (March-April 1907) -- Trip to Chengde (May-June 1907) -- Beijing and the Western Hills (June-August 1907) -- From the Western Qing Tombs to Mount Wutai (August-September 1907) -- From Shanxi to Shandong Province (September-December 1907) -- Trip to Zhejiang (December 1907-Spring 1908) -- Mount Putuo (January 1908) -- Jiangsu Province (Spring 1908) -- The great trip to the West: Taiyuan, Shanxi Province (April-May 1908) -- From Pingyao to Mengcheng, Shanxi Province (May 1908) -- Feng Shui pillars and towers for Kui Xing in Shanxi Province -- From sacred Mount Hua to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province (June 1908) -- From Fengxian to Mianxian, Shaanxi Province (July 1908) -- From Guangyuan to Chengdu, Sichuan Province (July-August 1908) -- From Dujiangyan to sacred Mount Emei and Leshan, Sichuan Province (August-September 1908) -- From Yibin to Fengjie, Sichuan Province (September-November 1908) -- From Yichang to sacred Mount Heng, Hunan Province (November 1908-January 1909) -- From Guilin in Guangxi Province to Wuzhou in Guangdong Province (February 1909) -- In Guangzhou, Guangdong Province (February-March 1909).

In Fuzhou, Fujian Province and the return to Beijing (March to May 1909) -- Boerschmann's research results (1909-1931) -- Back in Berlin: Working through the collected material (1909-1911) -- The first book - Mount Putuo (1911) -- Exhibition of Chinese architecture in Berlin (1912) -- The book about memorial temples (1914) -- A German Scientific Institute in Beijing and further publications about Chinese architecture in Germany -- In the service of the army (1914-1921) -- Asian Architecture in Germany after the First World War -- Boerschmann's return to research in Chinese architecture (1921) -- Baukunst und Landschaft in China (Picturesque China) (1923) -- Chinesische Architektur (Chinese architecture) in two volumes (1925) -- Ceramics in Chinese architecture (1927) -- Pagodas (1931) -- Conclusion: Documenting a vanishing culture -- Boerschmann's documentation of Chinese architecture in a changing socio-political environment -- Working methods in China and in Germany -- Space and distance: theoretical and practical problems with architecture in China -- Exploring the sacred mountains in search of religious architecture -- The layout of the city in relation to the landscape -- Pagodas: Creating harmony between urban settings and the landscape -- The temple as an arrangement of spatial units -- Boerschmann's goals and achievements up to 1931 -- Postscript -- Addendum -- The Chinese religious pantheon in Boerschmann's work -- Ernst Boerschmann in the context of German-Chinese relations and research into Chinese architecture (1860-1949) -- Literature -- Archives -- Literature -- Chinese Dynasties and Emperors -- Ancient -- Imperial -- Modern -- Index -- Historic Events, Persons and Deities -- Persons -- Places -- Photocredits -- Abbreviations for the images.

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