Gnomon of Zhou “umbrella heaven” (gaitian 蓋天) world model, redrawn from Cullen (1996, 136, fig. 13, 222, fig. 31)
Résumé
Gnomon of Zhou “umbrella heaven” (gaitian 蓋天) world model, redrawn from Cullen (1996, 136, fig. 13, 222, fig. 31). The upper image is a side view of heaven, earth, and their dimensions, which the size of the actual globe given for reference, and the bottom image is a top-down view of the seven seasonal tracks of solar movement. Drawn for use in classroom and publications currently under review.
