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The Forbidden City
Beijing Guidemap
• MapEasy
2006 •
MAP
Printed on sturdy, tear and water resistant Polyart paper, this handy colorful double-sided map shows The Forbidden City, Tiannamen Square, the Summer Palace, Greater and out-of-town Beijing (each with an inset) along with a walking map of Central Beijing at a scale of 1:15,000. With temples, gardens, hotels, retstaurants, metro stops and other key attractions. Two Sides. 18x27 inches.
(CHN530, $6.95) |
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Beijing Then and Now
• Brian Page
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 144 PAGES
Past and present Beijing are compared in photographs of Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Confucious Temple, the Marco Polo Bridge and other notable city sites.
(CHN448, $18.95) |
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China and the Forbidden City
• Tom Priestley
HISTORY •
2005 •
DVD
A documentary in the award winning Jarvis collection, this 60-minute film explores the history, art and architecture of the imperial city. Lucy Javis has made a string of investigative documentaries and specials for NBC over a 50-year-long career.
(CHN419, $19.95) |
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Empress Orchid
• Anchee Min
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 346 PAGES
A novel of the glorious, decadent last days of 19th-Century Imperial China. Min (Red Azalea, Becoming Madame Mao) combines her tale of a young girl from the provinces who marries an emperor -- and then improbably becomes the Last Empress -- with a lovingly re-created portrait of life in the Forbidden City. Pearl Buck told a much more romanticized tale of the same remarkable woman in Imperial Woman.
(CHN267, $14.00) |
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The Forbidden City
• Geremie R. Barme
• Mary Beard
HISTORY •
2012 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A new and original history of Beijing's Forbidden City in the Wonders of the World series, stripping away mystique and mythology to deliver a clear portrait of the Beijing's cultural, political and architectural past.
(CHN468, $14.95) |
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The Forbidden City, Center of Imperial China
• Gilles Beguin
• Dominique Morel
HISTORY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
This slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. A surprisingly effective overview of Beijing's Imperial Court, with a useful chronology, and a carefully chosen selection of writings over the ages. Part of the acclaimed "Discoveries" series of references that fit in your pocket, for travelers it's an indispensable and handy guide to the Forbidden City and the history of Imperial China.
(CHN32, $15.95) |
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Forbidden City, The Great Within
• Caroline Courtauld
• May Holdsworth
• Hu Chui
• Jonathan Spence
HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 152 PAGES
This richly illustrated blend of history, anecdote, biographical sketches and stunning images evokes 500 years of imperial China through the story of its palace, the Forbidden City. I
(CHN450, $24.95) |
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The Last Emperor
• Bernardo Bertolucci
HISTORY •
1987 •
DVD
Bernardo Bertolucci's rendering of the true story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last emperor of China's Ching Dynasty. Told in flashback, the film begins at Pu Yi's involuntary initiation as emperor in 1908 at age three, and continues through his entire reign in the Forbidden City until his death in 1967. Pu Yi witnesses the dynamic changes of the modernizing empire, experiences the temptations of ultimate power, and is seduced by the Western lifestyle of his Scottish tutor (Peter O'Toole). The film won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
(CHN225, $29.95) |
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