Research Catalog

Title

Palaces of the Forbidden City / chief compiler, Yu Zhuoyun ; translators, Ng Mau-Sang, Chan Sinwai and Puwen Lee ; consultant editor, Graham Hutt ; [photographers, Alfred Ko and Hu Chui] = [Tzu chin chʻeng kung tien / Yü Cho-Yün chu pien].

Publication

New York : Viking Press, 1984.

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Additional Authors

Yu, Zhuoyun

Description

332 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans; 37 cm.

Uniform Title

Tzu chin chʻeng kung tien. English.

Subject

• Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
• Cité interdite (Pékin, Chine)
• Gu gong bo wu yuan Peking
• Peking / Palastmuseum
• Palaces > Beijing
• Beijing (China) > Buildings, structures, etc

Note

• Translation of: Tzu chin chʻeng kung tien.
• Parallel title with author statement in Chinese characters.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 328.

Contents

Introduction / Yu Zhuoyun. History -- Construction -- Famous craftsmen and their work -- The art of architecture -- The principles of yin and yang and the five elements in architectural design. Main structures of the forbidden city. The city walls and moat -- The outer court -- The inner court -- Gardens -- Theatrical stages -- Buddhist and Taoist halls and other places of worship -- Reading rooms and libraries -- Government offices. Architectural composition and decoration. Terraces and balustrades -- Timber construction -- Bracketing -- Roof forms and their decoration -- Inner and outer eave fittings -- Caissons and ceilings -- Painted decoration of structural members -- Glazed ornaments. Services. Bridges and culverts -- Water supply and drainage -- Heating -- Lighting. Appendices. Plans of the main structures of the Forbidden city -- Chronology -- Outline of the major dynasties of China.

ISBN

0670537217

LCCN

^^^83005741^//r852

OCLC

• 9371286
• SCSB-13826066

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library