Abstract
Dengfeng large gnomon is a Yuan Dynasty astronomical instrument used for observing the length of the sun’s shadow in different seasons and determining the tropical year. Together with the Tang Dynasty stele lying to the south of it, witnessed the idea of the center of the world.
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Xu, F. (2015). Dengfeng Large Gnomon. In: Ruggles, C. (eds) Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_218
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