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Chinese Imperial City Planning

By Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt

Book information

Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0824812441, 9780824812447
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14422179 bytes)
Pages
252\237
Time added
2017-03-04 22:37:50
Buildings;Landmarks & Monuments;Religious Building

Description

Chinese Imperial City Planning is the first synthesis of what is known from textual and archaeological evidence about every Chinese imperial capital, from earliest times to the present. It explains the fundamental architectural principles and visual characteristics of imperial planning in China and shows how these features are related to the Chinese idea of rulership. The volume also reconstructs the 3,500-year-old history of imperial planning using sources such as resident descriptions, travel accounts, official Chinese court records, and the most recent archaeological and scholarly studies. The extensive documentation provides students with a standard source of reference from which to embark on further research on Chinese urban planning.

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