Historia

The Ming Tombs are 50 kilometers northwest from Beijing. The entire cemetery, 40 kilometers around, keeps the remains of 13 emperors, 23 empresses and many imperial concubines, princes and princess. Depicted with colorful photos, the book vividly illustrates these awesome tombs of the Ming Dynasty of China. Lue lisää

This extraordinary book gives a glimpse into the grandeur and pomp that characterized life in the Forbidden city. The photographs take the reader back in time to when Emperors and Empresses lived within these walls, and the informative text provide the historical backdrop against which the richness and ceremony of life in the Forbidden city can be appreciated. Lue lisää

Old Beijing—In the Shadow of Imperial Throne,with text and pictures,is composed of eight parts,i.e.Entering Beijing,Capital of the Empire,The Fall of the Dynasty,Streets and Alleys,Morning Bell and Evening Drum,Temple Fairs and Theaters,Subordinates of the Capital and A Picture of Secular Life.The... Lue lisää

This is the second book in the Old Beijing Series.Compared with the first volume,titled Old Beijing--In the Shadow of Imperial Throne,this one puts the emphasis on the ordinary people and divides the subject into four chapters:Houses in the City,Dreams of the Street,Men and Women,Both Old and New.(T... Lue lisää

The simultaneous discovery of the two works Sun Zi: The Art of War and Sun Bin: The Art of War from a western Han tomb in Shandong Province in April 1972 provided conducive evidence that both Suns existed in history, and that each had written a significant corpus on military affairs. A descendant of... Lue lisää

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This magnificent book is illustrated with more than one hundred colour pictures of one of China's most important imperial sites, the Forbidden city of Beijing. The 200-page hardback book is a collectible that is the diamond of your bookcase. Lue lisää

China's last eunuch Sun Yaoting died in December 1996 at age 94. He took with him intimate stories of the last vestiges of Imperial China and was himself the last in the line of eunuchs who had served the royal family for more than 2,000 years. His personal journey from poor farmboy to revered servant to Pu Yi and Wanrong, China's last emperor and empress, is an amazing journey which also chronicles nearly one century of turbulence and upheaval in Chinese history and culture.

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