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Visiting Historic Beijing, A Guide to Sites & Resources

Visiting Historic Beijing, A Guide to Sites & Resources

by Robert L. Thorp

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 335 PAGES

Thorp, an authority on early Chinese art and popular study leader, weaves essays on culture and history with site plans and description in this excellent, in-depth guide to exploring the temples, tombs, gardens, palaces, ancient archaeological sites and noteworthy architecture of Beijing and environs. With 150 black-and-white illustrations and maps.  (CHN521, $24.95)


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