The Forbidden City
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1995
Tauris Parke (Verlag)
978-1-86064-021-6 (ISBN)
Tauris Parke (Verlag)
978-1-86064-021-6 (ISBN)
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The "Forbidden City" was Imperial China's centre of power, and the world's most extravagant palace. This chronicle of the palace, a blend of history, anecdote, narrative, biographical portraits and illustrations, carries readers through 500 years of Imperial China to its eventual collapse.
From 1405 until 1912, the occupant of the Dragon Throne determined the fate of China, and indeed of Asia. The Forbidden City was Imperial China's centre of power, and the world's most extravagant palace. This chronicle of the palace, a blend of history, anecdote, narrative, biographical portraits and illustrations, carries the reader through 500 years of Imperial China. The Forbidden City's supreme political significance is described through the main events of an emperor's ceremonial life. Of the thousands who lived in the city, only one inhabitant was an adult male - the Emperor himself. Drawing on rare reminiscences left by palace eunuchs and maidservants, the book evokes the secret stultifying world of the Inner Court, where the Emperor and his concubines lived their private lives. Another theme deals with attempts by European missionaries, diplomats and traders to penetrate the Forbidden City, and shows how the impact of the West eventually led to the collapse of the glittering. corrupt court of Imperial China.
The book is being published to coincide with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Forbidden City's palace to the public.
From 1405 until 1912, the occupant of the Dragon Throne determined the fate of China, and indeed of Asia. The Forbidden City was Imperial China's centre of power, and the world's most extravagant palace. This chronicle of the palace, a blend of history, anecdote, narrative, biographical portraits and illustrations, carries the reader through 500 years of Imperial China. The Forbidden City's supreme political significance is described through the main events of an emperor's ceremonial life. Of the thousands who lived in the city, only one inhabitant was an adult male - the Emperor himself. Drawing on rare reminiscences left by palace eunuchs and maidservants, the book evokes the secret stultifying world of the Inner Court, where the Emperor and his concubines lived their private lives. Another theme deals with attempts by European missionaries, diplomats and traders to penetrate the Forbidden City, and shows how the impact of the West eventually led to the collapse of the glittering. corrupt court of Imperial China.
The book is being published to coincide with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Forbidden City's palace to the public.
Map of the Forbidden City; foreword; introduction; outer court - Emperor Yongle's dream of red mansions, son of heaven - Dragons and cranes - symbols of office, mandate of heaven - controlling time - Imperial calendars, barbarians at the Forbidden City - the Qing conquest; inner court - the daily round, the gilded cage - pigeon whistles, eunuchs and maidservants - a palace maid remembers, the next generation - Imperial tours; the sun at noon - the abundance of Qianlong - Imperial pleasures, east meets west, walls of the mind - the Boxer Rebellion, the last enthronement - a museum miscellany.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.12.1995 |
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| Illustrationen | Hu Chui |
| Zusatzinfo | colour illustrations throughout, map, dynastic chronology, bibliography, index |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 280 x 270 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Bildbände ► Asien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86064-021-4 / 1860640214 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86064-021-6 / 9781860640216 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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