The Search for a Vanishing Beijing : A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages /
Both a history and travel guide, this book devotes chapters to the plan of old Peking, Tian An Men Square, the Purple Forbidden City, the former Legation district, the Great Wall, plus food drink, and more.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The plan of old Peking
- Traditional beliefs
- Historical overview
- Tian an men square
- Zhong Shan Park and the Ancestral Hall
- The Purple Forbidden City
- The eastern imperial city and environs
- The western imperial city
- The former Legation District
- The eastern Tartar City
- The western Tartar City
- The eastern Chinese city
- The western Chinese city
- Eastern suburbs
- Northern suburbs
- Western suburbs
- The Summer Palace
- The Western Hills
- The Ming Tombs
- The Great Wall
- Sights further afield
- Food
- Drink
- A night at the opera.