CULT OF NECROPOLISES IN THE ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL CHINA (Architectural and town planning aspects)
The cult of post-existence in China, as in other countries of Ancient world, was very significant. In view of peculiarity of development of the country, it was lasting longer than in other countries. This paper considers stages of development of necropolises from the mausoleum of Qin Shihuandi and the mausoleum of Han dynasty to the formation of canons in Tang dynasty. There is showed the evolution of the funer- al complexes in suburbs of Xi‘an in ancient and early-medieval period. Also, there are represented the evolution of the necropolis' cult during the last imperial dynasties Ming and Qing and the creation of hyper-scale zones of necropolises by Beijing in late me- dieval period.