Coming to The Summer Palace: (English Language)

Chinese Title: 走进颐和园（英文）
Title: Coming to The Summer Palace
ISBN: 9787119049625
Edition: English
Publishing Date: 2009-05
Author: Yao Tianxin; Translators: Tang Bowen etc.
Publishing House: Foreign Languages Press
Format: 16mo
Cover: P
Page: 291pp
Spec: 234*180mm


Introduction:
Compared with the countless number of heritage sites across the length and breadth of China, the Summer Palace is young in its history. This, however, enabled the Summer Palace to take advantage of the best in the art of landscape architecture accumulated in a thousand years by the Chinese people and to become an unexcelled landmark in the history of the Chinese art of landscape architecture. This advantage, plus its position in the politics of modern history and the repeated disasters it has suffered, has turned the beautiful Summer Palace into a site that is attracting the attention of the people of the whole world.

The author has devoted much effort in preparing the book and explains the intricacies in the history of the Summer Palace in simple terms. Together with you, he inquires into the historical origin of the buildings, structures, gardens, hills and lakes in the Summer Palace and provides you with accurate information to answer questions you may want to ask during your visit. The book is illustrated with the finest landscape photographs to enhance the attraction of the Summer Palace.

Content:
GETTING TO KNOW THE SUMMER PALACE
ABOUT THE SUMMER PALACE
HISTORY OF THE SUMMER PALACE
Rainbow over the Jade Spring-One of the Eight Sights of Yanjing
From Um Hill Lake to the Tonghui River
Ten Views and Ten Temples of West Lake
The Garden of Clear Ripples-The Acme of Accomplishment
The Disaster-ridden Summer Palace
World Cultural Heritage A Paradise on Earth
COMING TO THE SUMMER PALACE
PALACEAREA
Arch of Misty Waves
Screen Wall
Office Rooms
East Palace Gate
Benevolence and Longevity Hall
Inside the Benevolence and Longevity Hall
Duty Rooms
Pavilion of the God of Literature
Spring-perceiving Pavilion
Datatan
Theatrical Office
Eastem Eight Houses
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