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In Stock: 10 Add:	Tombs of Ming Emperors and Empresses Model: Price: $20.00 Weight: 3.5lbs Date Added: Thursday 12 March, 2020
Author: Wei Yuqing; Language: English Format: Papercover Page: 112 Publication Date: 08/2008 ISBN: 9787119054414 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Details All the emperors of the Ming dynasty, except the first and second ones, were entombed in Beijing. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor, was buried in Nanjing, and the second one, Emperor Jianwen, was lost in a palace coup, whose whereabouts are unknown. After moving his capital to Beijing, Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, built not only the Imperial Palace in Beijing, but also his tomb, in which he was to be buried when he died. In the 230 years that followed, all the later Ming emperors had their tombs built on the left and right sides on his tomb. These tombs, located 40 kilometers north of Beijing ... more info

In Stock: 10 Add:	Voyager Facile en Chine Model: Price: $16.00 Weight: 3.5lbs Date Added: Thursday 12 March, 2020
Author: Gallois; Du Guimei; Language: French Format: Papercopy Page: 320 Publication Date: 09/2008 ISBN: 9787560076836 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

In Stock: 10 Add:	Parks and palaces of Imperial Beijing Model: Price: $24.00 Weight: 3.5lbs Date Added: Thursday 12 March, 2020
Author: Qin Yonghao; Gong Meiling; Language: English Format: Papercover Page: 303 Publication Date: 11/2008 ISBN: 9787119054537 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

In Stock: 10 Add:	Beijing Companion: The All-in-one Guide to Beijing Model: Price: $25.00 Weight: 2.5lbs Date Added: Wednesday 11 March, 2020
Author: Yan; Coco; Language: English Format: Papercover Page: 225 Publication Date: 11/2008 ISBN: 9787802253629 Publisher: New Star Press Details With over 800 years of imperial dreams vanishing like a fleeting cloud, only the history of past ages remains, retaining perfectly its magnificence and glory. As one wanders through the ancient city with rapt attention, there is a feeling that, within the city walls, along the streets, and in the midst of red walls and yellow tiles, time stands still; that an enduring charm still ripples through a vast sea of undulating palaces. An aged tree, toughened over the centuries, seems to stare out indifferently into the world, while time lingers in the emperor's garden and breathes a deep sigh. How many tales of the rise of dynasties and fall of ... more info

In Stock: 10 Add:	Beijing Companion: The All-in-one Guide to Beijing Model: Price: $25.00 Weight: 2.5lbs Date Added: Wednesday 11 March, 2020
Author: Yan; Coco; Language: English Format: Papercover Page: 225 Publication Date: 11/2008 ISBN: 9787802253629 Publisher: New Star Press Details With over 800 years of imperial dreams vanishing like a fleeting cloud, only the history of past ages remains, retaining perfectly its magnificence and glory. As one wanders through the ancient city with rapt attention, there is a feeling that, within the city walls, along the streets, and in the midst of red walls and yellow tiles, time stands still; that an enduring charm still ripples through a vast sea of undulating palaces. An aged tree, toughened over the centuries, seems to stare out indifferently into the world, while time lingers in the emperor's garden and breathes a deep sigh. How many tales of the rise of dynasties and fall of ... more info

In Stock: 10 Add:	Shanghai Companion: The All-in-one Guide to Shanghai Model: Price: $25.00 Weight: 2.5lbs Date Added: Wednesday 11 March, 2020
Author: Yan; Coco; Language: English Format: Papercover Page: 179 Publication Date: 11/2008 ISBN: 9787802255647 Publisher: New Star Press Details As the Shanghainese novelist Eileen Chang wrote: "Shanghai thirty years ago on a moonlit night.., maybe we did not get to see the moon of thirty years ago. To young people the moon of thirty years ago should be a reddish-yellow wet stain the size of a copper coin, like a teardrop on letter paper by To-yun Hsuan, worn and blurred. In old people's memory the moon of thirty years ago was gay, larger, rounder, and whiter than the moon now. But seen after thirty years on a rough road, the best of moons is apt to be tinged with sadness."

In Stock: 10 Add:	A Thousand Pictures of Imperial Beijing (2 Vol.s) Model: Price: $45.00 Weight: 4.5lbs Date Added: Wednesday 11 March, 2020
Author: Zhang Lijun; Liu Kejing; Language: Chinese-English Format: Papercover Page: 492 Publication Date: 11/2008 ISBN: 9787119055305 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Details The long history of Beijing is fully unveiled among the pictures of this book. Since the time of Beijing Homo erectus this city has been through many vicissitudes. Over 3,000 years ago, Beijing was merely a fortress in northern China, but later it became well-known in the western world as the capital of Yuan Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing reached its peak as a capital of the feudal empire, and today it is an open and civilized international metropolis. By reading this book, you will also have a good sight of Beijing's city layout, temples, gardens, hutong (alleyways), ... more info

In Stock: 10 Add:	Beijing Days Model: Price: $22.00 Weight: 3.5lbs Date Added: Wednesday 11 March, 2020
Author: Jon Burris; Language: English Format: Papercover Page: 154 Publication Date: 10/2008 ISBN: 9787119054889 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Details Jon Burris is an American photographer and fine art consultant who has traveled to Beijing over the past thirteen years. During this period of time, he has witnessed the immense changes in the city that have transformed it into a vibrant world capital and center for contemporary art. Through his photography he has created a visual journal illustrating the transition and rapid growth of Beijing; its landmarks, traditional or newly added, such as the centuries-old Forbidden City and the futuristic skyscrapers of the central business district are shown along with a cross section of Beijingers from street market ... more info

In Stock: 10 Add:	Yangtze River Delta Fantasy Model: Price: $16.00 Weight: 2.5lbs Date Added: Wednesday 11 March, 2020
uthor: Han Rongliang; Han Zhiyu; Language: English Publication Date: 01/2009 ISBN: 9787503235825 Publisher: China Travel and Tourism Press Details Every day at dawn when the sun is rising in the east there appears a huge dragon flying and dancing over the eastern horizon. The head of it is Shanghai, the very metropolitan city featuring a brisk and booming development in economy at the estuary of the Yangtze River, the body the Jiangsu Province with Anhui to follow closely behind and Zhejiang the southern wing of the huge dragon in southeast China. Geographically connected into one the four regions have been closely interwoven together culturally with people in fraternal terms and quite complementary with one another economically ever since ancient times.

In Stock: 10 Add:	The Tale of Beijing Model: Price: $18.00 Weight: 3.5lbs Date Added: Wednesday 11 March, 2020
Author: Kobayashi Sayuri; Ego; Language: English Format: Papercopy Page: 166 Publication Date: 01/2009 ISBN: 9787508513607 Publisher: China Intercontinental Press Details A freelance writer and translator, Kobayashi Sayuri was born in Nagano County, Japan. After graduation, she worked for the national headquarters of the Japan-China Friendship Association (Kanda, Tokyo, now is a juridical association) as an editor of the organ newspaper Japan and Chine. Since September 2000, she worked as the Japanese cultural and educational expert for the People's China Magazine Press of the China International Publishing Group for five years. Later, she became a freelancer based in Beijing, writing about all aspects of the Chinese society, culture and life for Japanese media. This book contains 60 ... more info

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