The Search for a Vanishing Beijing: A Guide to China's Capital Through the AgesHong Kong University Press, 1 mar 2008 - 422 The Search for a Vanishing Beijing weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China. The author leads the reader through palaces, temples, back streets and markets while bringing back to living memory forgotten or overlooked Peking customs, stories and beliefs. The text touches on everything under the sun as the reader walks from Tian An Men Square through the surrounding neighborhoods and further to sights in rustic settings. The narrative relates stories about imperial customs, street food, temple festivals, historic trees, Red Guard struggle sessions, Tibetan and Mongolian customs, hiking trails, political clashes, residences of famous Chinese and foreigners, ghosts, prisons, classical Chinese poetry, ice-skating, espionage, burial customs, old and new embassy districts, courtesans, restaurants and (even) Chinese liquor. Interspersed throughout the book are stories told by such diverse sources as Marco Polo and Bernard Shaw as well as 20th century Sinophiles like Juliet Bredon, George Kates and David Kidd. Commentary from Ming and Qing era travel guides are brought out for a Chinese perspective on celebrated locations in the city. |
Spis treści
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Historical Overview | 35 |
Tian An Men Square | 55 |
Zhong Shan Park and the Ancestral Hall | 77 |
The Purple Forbidden City | 89 |
The Eastern Imperial City and Environs | 109 |
The Western Imperial City | 125 |
Western Suburbs | 271 |
The Summer Palace | 289 |
The Western Hills | 299 |
The Ming Tombs | 315 |
The Great Wall | 325 |
Sights Further Afield | 331 |
Food | 343 |
Drink | 353 |
The Former Legation District | 145 |
The Eastern Tartar City | 161 |
The Western Tartar City | 193 |
The Eastern Chinese City | 223 |
The Western Chinese City | 233 |
Eastern Suburbs | 251 |
Northern Suburbs | 263 |
A Night at the Opera | 359 |
Epilogue | 363 |
NOTES | 365 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 371 |
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS | 381 |
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The Search for a Vanishing Beijing: A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages M. A. Aldrich Podgląd niedostępny - 2008 |
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