| Date | 1992 |
| Publish_location | San Francisco |
| Publisher | Chronicle Books |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Series | Architectural guides for travelers |
| Shelf | Reading Room |
| Call Number | NA1543.5.C4 1992 |
| Description | xii, 164 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Note | Imperial China / Charis Chan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index. Keywords: cosmic order, geomancy, Chinese architectural principles, Forbidden City, ancestral temples, Altar to the Soil and Grains, Imperial archives, Beihai, city wall, towers, gates, Imperial parks, Garden of Perfect Brightness, Mountain Hamlet for the Escape of the Heat, Chengde, Ming Tombs, Qing Tombs, Yuanmingyuan 圓明園, roof construction, building materials, Beijing. |
| Subject | China--Guidebooks Beijing 北京--Buildings, structures, etc. Architecture--China--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1911--Guidebooks Royal households--Dwellings--China--Guidebooks Palaces--China--Guidebooks |
| ISBN | 0811800180 ; 9780811800181 |
| LCCN | 91000177 |
