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Old Beijing

In the Shadow of the Imperial Throne

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  • 240 páginas
  • 9 horas de lectura

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In the past my books have been published only in text form. Occasionally I have used a few photos for supplementary purposes. But, at the request of the Jiangsu Art Publishing House, I have recently completed this book, Old Beijing , which contains both text and pictures. The commissioning editor of the publishing house told me that the theme and style would have no limits set by them. So I decided that the book should be composed of three parts. The first part would be written in chronological order. It would be a history of Beijing from the "Ji" period of three thousand years before to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and the early Republic of China (1911-1949) in the early 20th century. The second part would be a description of life in Beijing during the late Qing and early Republic period. And the third part would concentrate on the characteristics of Beijing and its people in the past....

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Old Beijing, Xu Chengbei, Wang Mingjie

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2001
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Título
Old Beijing
Subtítulo
In the Shadow of the Imperial Throne
Publicado en
2001
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
240
ISBN10
7119027867
ISBN13
9787119027869
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In the past my books have been published only in text form. Occasionally I have used a few photos for supplementary purposes. But, at the request of the Jiangsu Art Publishing House, I have recently completed this book, Old Beijing , which contains both text and pictures. The commissioning editor of the publishing house told me that the theme and style would have no limits set by them. So I decided that the book should be composed of three parts. The first part would be written in chronological order. It would be a history of Beijing from the "Ji" period of three thousand years before to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and the early Republic of China (1911-1949) in the early 20th century. The second part would be a description of life in Beijing during the late Qing and early Republic period. And the third part would concentrate on the characteristics of Beijing and its people in the past....