Mapping Chengde

Mapping Chengde: The Qing Landscape Enterprise

Paperback Published on: 31/08/2000
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Synopsis

The imperial residence of Chengde was built by two Manchu emperors between 1703 and 1780. Using both visual and textual materials, this volume explores the hidden dimensions of landscape, showing how geographical imagination shaped the aesthetics of Qing court culture.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
  • ISBN: 9780824822934
  • Dimensions: 250 x 200 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 651g

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