Subject: Palaces--China--Guidebooks

Imperial China
AuthorChan, Charis
PlaceSan Francisco
PublisherChronicle Books
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesArchitectural guides for travelers
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberNA1543.5.C4 1992
Descriptionxii, 164 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
NoteImperial 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.
Multimedia
ISBN0811800180 ; 9780811800181
LCCN91000177