The Forbidden City
It was built by a Ming Emperor in our fifteenth century - to be a terrestrial reflection of the celestial realm of the Jade Emperor. Destroyed and rebuilt on an even more splendid scale by the final ManchuQuing Emperors, it consists of a series of courtyards approached by gates (chief among them Tia...
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| Format: | Manuscript Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Profile Books
2008
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| Series: | Wonders of the world
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Add Tag | Summary: | It was built by a Ming Emperor in our fifteenth century - to be a terrestrial reflection of the celestial realm of the Jade Emperor. Destroyed and rebuilt on an even more splendid scale by the final ManchuQuing Emperors, it consists of a series of courtyards approached by gates (chief among them Tianan Men) and an imperial way. This book brilliantly reconstructs the life that went on in those ancestral temples, lacquered chambers and vermilion halls both in the imperial heyday and in the decadent decline under the Dowager Empress. Fifty years ago Mao considered razing all to the ground. Now it is a Wonder of the World. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 251 pages illustrations maps 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index |
| ISBN: | 9781846680113 1846680115 |
The treasures of imperial Beijing