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ID: 901002236
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002236
Record Type: Legendary Place

Chinese heaven (Chinese religious concept)

Note: Place where the ancestors reside and from which emperors drew their mandate to rule.

Names:
Chinese heaven (Chinese religious concept) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Chinese iconography> (P)
........<Chinese legendary places> (P)
............Chinese heaven (Chinese religious concept) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... heaven
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Chinese heaven (Chinese religious concept)
................Hansford, Glossary of Chinese Art (1961)

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