Behind the veil of the forbidden city /
translated by Guan Yuehua and Zhong Liangbi.
- 1st ed.
- Beijing, China : Chinese Literature Press, 1996.
- 274 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
"Panda Books" - T.p.
The Rainbow Bridge : a Tour De Force in Chinese Bridge building / Zheng Lianzhang. - Master Tang Ying : Porcelain maker / Yang Jingrong. - Swings in the Imperial Palace / Lu Chenglan. - The Pavilion of joyful music in Bygone days / Wang Laiyin. - Commemorative birthday stamps / Li Yihua. - Squabbling over funeral rites / Yan Yimin. - Fire at the Gate of Chastity / Wang Laiyin. - Royal Parks and Summer Resorts / Wang Laiyin. - Oil portraits of Empress Dowager Cixi / Wang Laiyin. - Miscellanies of court life / Wang Laiyin. - Zhenfei's gold seal - lost an found / Liu Beisi. -The first photography of the Qing Court / Wang Laiyin. - Sacrificial vessel on ghost festival in Memory of Empress Dowager Cixi / Wang Laiyin. - Photograph of Puyi with a British Prince / Wang Laiyin. - A folding fan - Token of teacher-pupil affection / Wang Laiyin. -General Zhang Xueliang's visit to the Palace Museum / Zhun Jiajin. - Postscript. Beijing in Bygone years. - Geomancy in the architecture of the Forbidden City / Jiang Shunyuan. - Glazed tiles in the Forbidden City / Fu Lianxing. - Nine-Dragon screen-wall and dignity of the Imperial Throne / Zheng Liangzhang. - Inscriptions on the Palace Hall plaques / Wang Laiyin. - The Lei Clan : Master Palace architects / Shan Shiyuan. - Nail-caps on Palace Gates. - Woodwork paintings in the Forbidden City / Fu Lianxing. - Auspicious Ornaments in the Forbidden City. - Dragon Adorn the Hall of Supreme Harmony / Wang Junchen and Hu Yongjin. - Qianqinggong's Three Mysteries during late Ming Times / Xu Qixian. - The largest stone sculpture in the Forbidden City / Xu Qixian. - The secrets behind the plaque "justice and uprightness" / Xu Qixian. - Legends of the White Dagoba Hill / Jiang Shunyuan. - Beijing's Two Circular Cities. - Empress Dowager Citi's Surrogate painter - Miao Hiahui / Yuan Jie. - Brushwork of Imperial Concubine Jinfei / Yu Shanpu. - Official Attire in the Ming and Qing Dynasties / Xu Naixiang.
7507103358 (pbk.)
Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
Architecture--History.--China
Palaces--China--Beijing.
951.156 / BEH
"Panda Books" - T.p.
The Rainbow Bridge : a Tour De Force in Chinese Bridge building / Zheng Lianzhang. - Master Tang Ying : Porcelain maker / Yang Jingrong. - Swings in the Imperial Palace / Lu Chenglan. - The Pavilion of joyful music in Bygone days / Wang Laiyin. - Commemorative birthday stamps / Li Yihua. - Squabbling over funeral rites / Yan Yimin. - Fire at the Gate of Chastity / Wang Laiyin. - Royal Parks and Summer Resorts / Wang Laiyin. - Oil portraits of Empress Dowager Cixi / Wang Laiyin. - Miscellanies of court life / Wang Laiyin. - Zhenfei's gold seal - lost an found / Liu Beisi. -The first photography of the Qing Court / Wang Laiyin. - Sacrificial vessel on ghost festival in Memory of Empress Dowager Cixi / Wang Laiyin. - Photograph of Puyi with a British Prince / Wang Laiyin. - A folding fan - Token of teacher-pupil affection / Wang Laiyin. -General Zhang Xueliang's visit to the Palace Museum / Zhun Jiajin. - Postscript. Beijing in Bygone years. - Geomancy in the architecture of the Forbidden City / Jiang Shunyuan. - Glazed tiles in the Forbidden City / Fu Lianxing. - Nine-Dragon screen-wall and dignity of the Imperial Throne / Zheng Liangzhang. - Inscriptions on the Palace Hall plaques / Wang Laiyin. - The Lei Clan : Master Palace architects / Shan Shiyuan. - Nail-caps on Palace Gates. - Woodwork paintings in the Forbidden City / Fu Lianxing. - Auspicious Ornaments in the Forbidden City. - Dragon Adorn the Hall of Supreme Harmony / Wang Junchen and Hu Yongjin. - Qianqinggong's Three Mysteries during late Ming Times / Xu Qixian. - The largest stone sculpture in the Forbidden City / Xu Qixian. - The secrets behind the plaque "justice and uprightness" / Xu Qixian. - Legends of the White Dagoba Hill / Jiang Shunyuan. - Beijing's Two Circular Cities. - Empress Dowager Citi's Surrogate painter - Miao Hiahui / Yuan Jie. - Brushwork of Imperial Concubine Jinfei / Yu Shanpu. - Official Attire in the Ming and Qing Dynasties / Xu Naixiang.
7507103358 (pbk.)
Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
Architecture--History.--China
Palaces--China--Beijing.
951.156 / BEH