dānchí
Nota de aplicación
Danchi, meaning literally “cinnabar staircase or courtyard” (Kroll 2015, 74-75; 50-51), generally refers to the surface of the platform extending in front of the main hall of a palace or the surface of the courtyards in a palace, and is one of the main areas where ceremonies were held. It originated from the practice of painting the steps with cinnabar in the Han dynasty, which may have been inherited from the Zhou dynasty (Yang 2001,163, 214…