Beijing Legends
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Beijing Legends
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Author : Shoushen Jin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Beijing Legends written by Shoushen Jin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Tales categories.
Legends Of Beijing
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Author : Wei-Shen Cheng
language : en
Publisher:
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Legends Of Beijing written by Wei-Shen Cheng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Legends categories.
My Beijing
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Author : Nie Jun
language : en
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
Release Date : 2018-08-01
My Beijing written by Nie Jun and has been published by Graphic Universe ™ this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A 2019 Batchelder Honor Book Yu'er and her grandpa live in a small neighborhood in Beijing—and it's full of big personalities. There's a story around every corner, and each day has a hint of magic. In one tale, Yu'er wants to swim in the Special Olympics, a sports competition for people with disabilities. But she and her grandpa don't have a pool! Their trick to help Yu'er practice wows the whole neighborhood. In another story, a friend takes Yu'er to a wild place full of musical insects. Later, Yu'er hears a special story about her grandparents. And in the final story, Yu'er and her grandpa show a cranky painter the sweet side of life.
Legends Of The Building Of Old Peking
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Author : Hok-lam Chan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Legends Of The Building Of Old Peking written by Hok-lam Chan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Legends of the Building of Old Peking examines a series of popular legends surrounding the building and rebuilding of the city that served as the capital of a succession of dynasties, including the Nazha or Nezha City legend of the Yuan (1279-1368) "Great Capital" and the Ming (1368-1644) "Northern Capital," and the Mongol legend of "siting by bowshot to locate the capital city" and its Chinese adaptations. Hok-lam Chan is affiliate professor of Chinese history at the University of Washington and was formerly professor and chairman of the Department of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Chinese Myths Legends
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Author : Lianshan Chen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Chinese Myths Legends written by Lianshan Chen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Beijing
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Author : James Hoare
language : en
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
Release Date : 2000
Beijing written by James Hoare and has been published by Oxford, England : Clio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Reference categories.
The city's historic past and vibrant present are a source of pride to Chinese and of fascination to foreign visitors. This annotated bibliography will be of value to visitors, scholars, general readers and all those who wish to gain a better understanding of the city and its vital place in China's history.
A Short History Of Beijing
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Author : Jonathan Clements
language : en
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Release Date : 2022-07-26
A Short History Of Beijing written by Jonathan Clements and has been published by Haus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-26 with History categories.
A guide to the history of China’s capital, from before its rise to prominence as the seat of empires to the 2022 Winter Olympics. Before China’s capital became a sprawling megacity and international center of business and culture, its fortunes fluctuated under a dozen dynasties. It has been a capital for several states, including those headed by Mongolian chiefs and the glorious Ming emperors, whose tombs can still be found on its outskirts. And before all that, it was a campsite for primitive hominids, known as the Peking Man. A Short History of Beijing tells the story of this remarkable city, from its more famous residents—Khubilai Khan, Marco Polo, and Chairman Mao—right up to the twenty-first century, as modern construction wiped out so much of the old city to make way for its twenty-million-strong population. Through his timely and intimate portrait of the world’s most populous capital city, Jonathan Clements reveals the history of China itself.
In The Realm Of The Gods
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Author : Victoria Baldwin Cass
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
In The Realm Of The Gods written by Victoria Baldwin Cass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
"[Victoria] Cass brings China's mythic landscape to life. These stories draw the reader into a dimension that hovers over a magical landscape where ordinary mortals confront extraordinary powers. This is a journey into the psyche of eternal China."--Christine Mathieu, co-author of Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World China is a land that has fascinated the world for centuries. Take a journey in this book back to a China that is both stunning and mysterious, back to the places where tales of magic were born. Victoria Cass retells both popular and little-known stories of emperors and empresses, ghosts, spirits, warriors, maidens, and magical realms amid landscapes potent with history. The stories are arranged by geography, providing an unprecedented look into how folklore and culture were shaped by China's natural surroundings. Cass shows us where mortals, demons, and gods have for centuries belonged, taking the reader on a "grand tour" of China. This is a book that will capture the imagination of a new generation of readers. In the Realm of the Gods also goes where no other book on Chinese folk traditions has gone before by featuring stunning photography from some of China's most critically acclaimed landscape photographers. Their studies of abandoned villas, vertiginous cliffs, nighttime pathways, serene canals, and temples at dusk provide a rich visual complement to the stories. By presenting the stories and photographs together, Cass has assembled a perfect synthesis of words and images while showing how the physical and cultural geography of China is at the root of its most popular legends and its tales of the natural and supernatural. This book represents a stunning achievement in storytelling. Victoria Cass is the author of Dangerous Women: Warriors, Grannies, and Geishas of the Ming.
Peking
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Author : Susan Naquin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001-01-15
Peking written by Susan Naquin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-15 with History categories.
The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's varied public arenas, the city's transformation over five centuries, its human engagements, and its rich cultural imprint. This study shows how modern Beijing's glittering image as China's great and ancient capital came into being and reveals the shifting identities of a much more complex past, one whose rich social and cultural history Naquin splendidly evokes. Temples, by providing a place where diverse groups could gather without the imprimatur of family or state, made possible a surprising assortment of community-building and identity-defining activities. By revealing how religious establishments of all kinds were used for fairs, markets, charity, tourism, politics, and leisured sociability, Naquin shows their decisive impact on Peking and, at the same time, illuminates their little-appreciated role in Chinese cities generally. Lacking most of the conventional sources for urban history, she has relied particularly on a trove of commemorative inscriptions that express ideas about the relationship between human beings and gods, about community service and public responsibility, about remembering and being remembered. The result is a book that will be essential reading in the field of Chinese studies for years to come.
Sights With Stories In Old Beijing
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Sights With Stories In Old Beijing written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Beijing (China) categories.
Translations of stories and legends associated with sites in Beijing.