A sequel to the classic Chinese novel Chin Ping Mei, this book details the lives, fates, and afterlives of the wealthy businessman Hsi Men and his six wives.
A sequel to the classic Chinese novel Chin Ping Mei, this book details the lives, fates, and afterlives of the wealthy businessman Hsi Men and his six...
China in the closing days of its Imperial era are captured in the drawings and paintings of the artist Mortimer Menpes, noted for his portrayals of the Far East, with text by Sir Henry Arthur Blake, who served as Governor of Hong Kong. Blake writes with elegant authority on Chinese life, customs and landscape, including the Temples of the Seven Star Hills, Opium, Life on the Yangtse, Flower Boats, Curious Forms of Gambling and the Houses of the Wealthy, and the pages are enlivened by Menpes' marvellous drawings that bring the narrative to life. Now that interest in traditional China has never...
China in the closing days of its Imperial era are captured in the drawings and paintings of the artist Mortimer Menpes, noted for his portrayals of th...
An encyclopaedic account of traditional Chinese festivals, customs and beliefs, lavishly illustrated with line drawings and paintings, this remarkable work by an Englishman who spent twenty years in China from the Imperial aftermath through the establishment of Communism, gives fascinating insights into a complex culture poised between past and present. Burckhardt's beautifully written and detailed work includes the rites practiced by the Manchu royal court and the rituals permitted under the Communist and Nationalist regimes, the festivals of working people and villagers as well as...
An encyclopaedic account of traditional Chinese festivals, customs and beliefs, lavishly illustrated with line drawings and paintings, this remarka...
This work by S. Wells Williams is a complete look at the Chinese Empire during the mid-nineteenth century. Subjects include the divisions of the Empire, geographical descriptions, religion and art, literature, the second war between Great Britain and China and Chinese social life.
This work by S. Wells Williams is a complete look at the Chinese Empire during the mid-nineteenth century. Subjects include the divisions of the Empir...
This is a fascinating account of life in China in the 1920s and 1930s, as seen through the eyes of a young American doctor based in the ancient Szechuan city of Chunking.
This is a fascinating account of life in China in the 1920s and 1930s, as seen through the eyes of a young American doctor based in the ancient Szechu...
Despite increasing globalization it remains true that many countries can best be understood on the village level. For example China where, in the face of the political and economic upheavals of the last century, the local village units and networks retain their importance. This book is intended for those interested in China's history and future.
Despite increasing globalization it remains true that many countries can best be understood on the village level. For example China where, in the face...
