Mapping Chengde : the Qing landscape enterprise /

The imperial residence of Chengde was built by two powerful and ambitious Manchu emperors between 1703 and 1780 in the mountains of Jehol. The site, which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List, combines the largest classical gardens in China with a unique series of grand monasteries in the Sino-Ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Forêt, Philippe, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2000.
Series:Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture.
Subjects:
1644-1912
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Civilization.
Qing Dynasty (China)
Chengde (China) > History.
Chengde (China) > Civilization.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Chine > Histoire > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
China.
China > Chengde.
Chengde (Chine) > Histoire.
Chine > 1644-1912 (Dynastie mandchoue)
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Great Qing at Home
  • Hamlet and Imperial Residence
  • Garden and Mountain Rhetoric
  • The Jehol Frontier
  • Capitals and Models
  • Representations of Chengde
  • Chengde Studies
  • Place Name Concordance
  • Qing Dynasty Emperors
  • Waiba miao Temples
  • The Kangxi Emperor's Vistas.

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