2010年，由嵩山地区8处11项历史建筑组成的登封“天地之中”历史建筑群，被第34届联合国教科文组织世界遗产委员会大会收入《世界遗产名录》，正式成为“世界文化遗产”。
本书以深入浅出的讲述，配以生动的图片，向读者介绍规模庞大的历史建筑群的丰富内容。包括周公测景台和登封观星台、嵩岳寺塔、少林寺建筑群(常住院、初祖庵、塔林)、会善寺、嵩阳书院、太室阙、少室阙、启母阙及中岳庙8处11项共367座建筑。并回答了“天地之中”这一核心，指的到底是什么？有何魔力能将这彼此各异的文化遗产聚集于此？读懂了“天地之中”，读懂的也许不仅是这建筑群，不仅是嵩山，更能从中探寻中国传统文化的主线。
任 伟，1968年生，2001年南开大学历史学博士毕业。现任郑州大学历史学院、南开大学历史学院硕士研究生导师，郑州市文物局局长、《古都郑州》杂志执行主编。主要研究方向为商周史及商周考古、文化遗产保护。
曾先后参加了国家“九五”重大科研攻关项目“夏商周断代工程”、 “天地之中历史建筑群研究”、“新型城镇化建设中的文化遗产保护”等课题研究。
Chapter I Why is the term “the Central Kingdom”? \\ 1
Chapter II Mount Songshan: The Center of Heaven and Earth \\ 9
Chapter III The Nation’s Grand Events: The Three Han Que Gates, the Zhongyue Temple and Sacrifices on Mountains \\ 45 Section One The Three Han Que Gates: The Earliest Tangible Evidence to Sacrifices on Mountains \\ 46 Section Two From the Taishi Shrine to the Zhongyue Temple: Sacrifices on the Central Sacred Mountain \\ 58
Chapter IV The Observatory in the Center of Earth: The World of Astronomy in Ancient China \\ 73 Section One Culture Reflected in Astronomy \\ 75 Section Two Obsession with “the Center of Earth” in Ancient China \\ 78 Section Three The Giant Sundial Built by Guo Shoujing at the Center of Earth \\ 88
Chapter V The Chan Buddhism and Martial Art: Localization of Buddhism at Mount Songshan \\ 97 Section One The Cradle of the Chan Buddhism Deep in the Luxuriant Woods of Mount Shaoshi \\ 98Section Two The Huishan Temple: A Witness to the Growth of Chinese Chan Buddhism \\ 108 Section Three Motion and Tranquility: Martial Art and Chan \\ 114
Chapter VI The Songyang Academy of Classical Learning: A Frontier of New Confucianism \\ 125 Section One An academy Growing out of a Temple \\ 126 Section Two A Place of Rebirth of Confucianism: The Witness to the Crisis and Rejuvenation of Confucianism \\ 136
Chapter VII Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism at Mount Songshan: From Rivals to Being in Harmony \\ 143 Section One Taoism: The First Step on Mount Songshan \\ 144 Section Two Harmony Between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism at Mount Songshan \\ 150
Chapter VIII An Architectural Epitome \\ 161 Section One An Example of the Official Architecture: Yingzao Fashi and the Main Hall of the Chuzu Temple \\ 162 Section Two Innumerable pagodas in the Pagoda Forest in the Shaolin Temple \\ 174 Section Three A Milestone Work of Chinese Pagodas \\ 186
Epilogue \\ 194
Appendices \\ 196 Appendix I Tour Map of Historic Monuments of Mount Songshan \\ 196 Appendix II Emperors who Offered Sacrifices to Mount Songshan \\ 197 Appendix III The Pagoda Forest of the Shaolin Temple \\ 205 Appendix IV Important Pictures on the Three Han Que Gates \\ 230 Appendix V Important Structures within the Zhongyue Temple \\ 234 Appendix VI Important Steles and Other Cultural Relics at Mount Songshan\\ 238
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