Beijing Insight Guide

Buch | Softcover

307 Seiten

2000 | 4th Revised edition
APA Publications Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-234-300-0 (ISBN)

Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage

Artikel merken

This guide includes a section detailing Beijing's history, six features covering aspects of the city's life and culture, ranging from opera to brush painting, a visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. It also features hundreds of photographs and 19 maps.

Maps: Beijing; Tiananmen Square; Legation Quarter; Imperial Palace; Southwestern Beijing; Temple of Heaven; The Lake District; Eastern Beijing; Western Beijing; Northwestern Suburbs; Summer Palace; Around Beijing; Fragrant Hills; Ming Tombs; Chengde; Tianjin; Beijing Subway; Inside front cover - Beijing; Inside back cover - China. Introduction & History: Centre of the World; Decisive Dates; Early Years to End of Empire; Post-Imperial Upheavals; The Modern Era. Features: People; Life in the Hutong; Religion; Cuisine; Beijing Opera; Art and Crafts. Places: Introduction; Tiananmen Square and Surroundings; The Imperial Palace; South of Tiananmen; The Temple of Heaven; The Lake District; Eastern Beijing; Western Beijing; The Summer Palaces; Western Fringes; Imperial Tombs; The Great Wall; Chengde: Imperial Resort; Tianjin. Picture Stories: Beijing's Morning Exercises; Traditional Medicine; Bicycles; Building the Wall. Information Panels: Pu Yi, the Last Emperor; Maomorabilia; The Golden Prison; Chinese Inventions and Discoveries. Travel Tips - Highlights: Getting Acquainted; Planning the Trip; Practical Tips; Getting Around; Where to Stay; Where to Eat; Culture ; Shopping; Language.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.4.2000
Reihe/Serie	Insight Guides
Zusatzinfo	colour photographs, 19 maps, index
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 223 mm
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Asien ► China
ISBN-10	981-234-300-8 / 9812343008
ISBN-13	978-981-234-300-0 / 9789812343000
Zustand	Neuware