A Pictorial Record of the Qing Dynasty - Rivers and Sites
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品牌: Tianjin Library
基本信息出版社:Gale Asia; 1st (2011年2月10日)精装:343页正文语种:英语ISBN:9814246166条形码:9789814246163商品尺寸:27.7 x 20.8 x 3.3 cm商品重量:1.4 KgASIN:9814246166商品描述内容简介A Pictorial Record of the Qing Dynasty - Rivers and Sites, includes two major categories of maps: river maps and maps of historical sites.
China was an agrarian society during medieval times, and harnessing rivers played an important role in sustaining social development.A Compendium on Harnessing Rivers,which was completed in the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi s reign (1703), contains a large number of valuable pictures compiled and edited by Zhang Penghe, the governor-general in charge of rivers. The book also contains maps of various rivers drawn by anonymous artists. They record the vicissitudes of rivers and areas along the banks while at the same time realistically tracing the shapes of city walls, places of historical interest, and beauty spots along the rivers.
As a mother river of the Chinese nation, the Yellow River has always been the focus of much attention, resulting in more ancient Chinese maps of this river than any other in China. This book collects many maps of the Yellow River made during the late Qing period, most of which also record in writing the dates of the crevasse and the closure of a certain section of the river and the deployment of soldiers guarding it.A Complete Map of the Yellow River within Shandong, A Map of the Yellow River within the Whole Province of Shandong, A Concise Complete Map of the Yellow River within Shandongare among the maps presented in this book.
Other maps available includeMaps of the Rivers under Baoding Prefecture, Maps of the Rivers under Zhengding Prefecture,andMaps of the Rivers under the Five Prefectures of Zhili Ji, Zhao, Shen, Ding, and Yi.
In addition, there are three maps of historical interest:Maps of His Majesty s Temporary Dwelling Palaces on His Return Journey, Maps of Dagu Batteries, and Illustrations of Wendeng, Weihai, and Other Historical Sites..
KEY FEATURES
-Rivers and Sitesis the third book in A Pictorial Record of the Qing Dynasty series. The other three books are entitled Business Documents (Released May 2008), Old Manchu Capital (Released June 2008), and Manchurian Railway (to be release November 2008).
- Consisting of over 400 maps that appear in chronological order in ten categories, each decorated with colored drawings.
- Original images and full color
作者简介Tianjin Libraryis the largest public library in Tianjin Municipality. Among its collection are books on the history of pre-modern China, ancient Chinese local chronicles, the history of pre-modern Tianjin, the history of Japan, and Chinese religions. It also collects a large number of thread-bound publications of the Ming and Qing Dynasties - including anthologies and fictional works - as well as Chinese and foreign reference books.
