Main entry:

Chan, Charis.

Title & Author:

Imperial China / Charis Chan.

Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1992.

Description:

xii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series:

Architectural guides for travelers

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) and index.
Planning an Itinerary -- Introduction -- Cosmic Order -- Geomancy and Imperial Architecture -- Imperial System -- Chinese Architecture -- Principles and Evolution -- Peking -- The Imperial City -- Forbidden City -- Imperial Ancestral Temples -- Altar to the Soil and Grains -- Imperial Archives -- Prospect Hill -- Beihai -- Suburban Altars -- Imperial City Walls -- Towers and Gates -- Imperial Parks -- Garden of Perfect Brightness -- Garden of Ease and Harmony -- Summer Resort of Chengde -- Mountain Hamlet for the Escape from the Summer Heat -- Eight Outer Temples -- Imperial Tombs -- Ming Tombs -- Eastern Qing Tombs -- Western Qing Tombs -- Great Wall.

ISBN:

0811800180
9780811800181

Subject:

Architecture China History Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 Guidebooks.
Royal households Dwellings China Guidebooks.
Palaces China Guidebooks.
Architecture Chine Histoire 1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing) Guides.
Palais Chine Guides.
Architecture Ming-Qing dynasties
Palaces
China Guidebooks.
China

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks
History
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Architectural guides for travelers.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 91373
Call No.: ID PLS NA1543.5.C4 REF; ID:93-B432
Status: Available