BEIJING——The Treasures of an Ancient Capital
by Yan Chongnian
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This is a picture scroll of ancient Beijing. Historically the book starts from the dawn of the Stone Age and the rise of Bronze Culture and goes down to the initiation of the city of Ji as capital for the ancient state of Yan, the role of the city as an important military stronghold in North China during early dynasties, and its designation as capital city for three more state called Yan. Then it deals with the periods in which Beijing served as Southern Capital for the Liao Dynasty, Middle Capital for the Jin (Jurchen) Dynasty, Dadu (Great Capital) for the Yuan Dynasty. The historical review is interspersed with accounts of interesting events and anecdotes about famous people. The palaces and halls, altars and temples, gardens and mausoleums are described in details, and special passages are devoted to education, science and technology, literature and art, the life of the imperial family, and the customs of the people.
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Yan Chongnian is a researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and the vice president of the Chinese Forbidden City Society. He studies the history of Manchuria, Qing history and Beijing history. His main collections of academic papers are: Collection of Manchuria, Collection of History of Yan, Collection of Yanbu and Collection of Researches on Yuan Chonghuan, etc.; academic works include: Biography of Nurhaci, Biography of Yuan Chonghuan, General History of Qing Dynasty, Taizu Dynasty, etc.
"General History of the Qing Dynasty: Taizong Dynasty", "Annotation of Kangxi Shuntianfu Chronicle", "History of Urban Life in China", "Ancient Beijing", etc.; Qing history graphic works include: "Biographies of Emperors of the Qing Dynasty", "The Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty", "The Dying of the Qing Dynasty" Sixty Years of Prosperity", "The Correct Solution to the Qing Palace Mystery Case" and so on. He has published more than 100 academic papers.
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- Publisher Blossom Press
- Publication Date October 2016
- Orginal LanguageChinese simplified
- ISBN/Identifier 9787505438538
- Publication Country or regionChina
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 780 CNY
- Pages306
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Title古都北京
- Original Language Authors阎崇年
- EditionEnglish, French version published
- Dimensions290*270 mm
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