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ID: 300391440
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300391440

 

Record Type: concept
tai (landscaped site element) (landscaped-site elements, site elements, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: High platforms or terraces built in early China for emperors to offer sacrifices to Heaven. The emperor was able to see far into the distance from the top of the platforms, and so they became a symbol for the mountains. In later centuries, they became a type of structure used in gardens for entertaining.
 
Terms:
tai (landscaped site element) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,B)
tai (landscaped site element) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
tai (landscaped site element) (Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,D,U,B)
(C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name )
........ Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ) (G)
Hierarchy of site elements
............ site elements (G)
Hierarchy of landscaped-site elements
................ landscaped-site elements (G)
Hierarchy of tai (landscaped site element)
.................... tai (landscaped site element) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Hoge platformen of terrassen die in het oude China werden gebouwd voor keizers om offers te brengen aan de hemel. Vanaf het platform kon de keizer ver kijken, en zo werden tai een symbool voor de bergen. In latere eeuwen werd de term gebruikt voor een soort constructie in tuinen die voor amusement kon worden gebruikt. 

Sources and Contributors:
台............  [VP]
........  Personal Communication, Julia Grimes, Getty Research Institute (2014)
tai (landscaped site element)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
..................................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
..................................................  Cheng, Imperial Gardens: Ancient Chinese Architecture (1998) 164
..................................................  Lewis, The Construction of Space in Early China (2006) 153
..................................................  Personal Communication, Julia Grimes, Getty Research Institute (2014) submitted 19 June 2014
..................................................  UvA Talen
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Lewis, The Construction of Space in Early China (2006)
.......... Personal Communication, Julia Grimes, Getty Research Institute (2014)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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