Palaces of the Forbidden City / chief compiler, Yu Zhuoyun ; translators, Ng Mau-Sang, Chan Sinwai and Puwen Lee ; consultant editor, Graham Hutt ; [photographers, Alfred Ko and Hu Chui] = [Zi jin cheng gong dian / Yu Zhuoyun zhu bian].

Main entry:

Zi jin cheng gong dian. English.

Title & Author:

Publication:

New York : Viking Press, 1984.

Description:

332 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm

Notes:
Parallel title with author statement in Chinese characters.
Includes bibliographical references (page 328) and index.
Introduction / Yu Zhuoyun. History -- Construction -- Famous craftsmen and their work -- The art of architecture -- The principles of yin and yang and the five elements in architectural design. Main structures of the forbidden city. The city walls and moat -- The outer court -- The inner court -- Gardens -- Theatrical stages -- Buddhist and Taoist halls and other places of worship -- Reading rooms and libraries -- Government offices. Architectural composition and decoration. Terraces and balustrades -- Timber construction -- Bracketing -- Roof forms and their decoration -- Inner and outer eave fittings -- Caissons and ceilings -- Painted decoration of structural members -- Glazed ornaments. Services. Bridges and culverts -- Water supply and drainage -- Heating -- Lighting. Appendices. Plans of the main structures of the Forbidden city -- Chronology -- Outline of the major dynasties of China.
Translation of: Zi jin cheng gong dian.

ISBN:

0670537217
9780670537211
0713916206
9780713916201

Subject:

Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
Cité interdite (Pékin, Chine)
Gu gong bo wu yuan Peking
Peking / Palastmuseum.
Palaces China Beijing.
Palais Chine Pékin.
Buildings
Palaces
Bildband
Paleizen.
Beijing (China) Buildings, structures, etc.
Pékin (Chine) Constructions.
China Beijing
Peking Verbotene Stadt.
China Peking Forbidden City Architecture

Added entries:

Yu, Zhuoyun, compiler.
Mau-Sang, Ng, translator.
Sinwai, Chan, translator.
Lee, Puwen, translator.
Gao, Zhiqiang, photographer.
Hu, Chui, photographer.
Hutt, Graham, editor.
Zi jin cheng gong dian. English.

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Location: Library main 88149
Call No.: PO6753
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Status: Available

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