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 | - Li Li
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186568 | ISBN-10: 0521186560
US$ 19.99
Utilising a wealth of archaeological evidence, China's Cultural Relics provides an illustrated introduction to the artifacts that survive from different periods of Chinese history, and the collection and preservation of these precious relics in modern times.
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| - Zhilin Jin
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186582 | ISBN-10: 0521186587
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As a living example of cultural heritage, folk art demonstrates the continuity of Chinese culture from ancient to modern times, a culture with distinctive national and regional characteristics and a history of some 8,000 years.
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| - Junru Liu
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186742 | ISBN-10: 0521186749
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From ancient to modern times, the Chinese have celebrated an epicurean lifestyle, believing that food is not just meant to fill the stomach, but that an abundance of food denotes good fortune and that knowing what, and how, to eat is crucial to health.
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| - Qingxi Lou
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186612 | ISBN-10: 0521186617
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Chinese Gardens explores the creation of classical gardens through history, discussing the theories and artistic conception behind these gardens and the development of diverse regional styles.
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| - Ming Yu
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186841 | ISBN-10: 0521186846
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Consequently, jade has played a unique role in the development of Chinese culture. Jade carvings survive not simply as beautiful works of art, but also as cultural relics shedding light on the spiritual life of ancient China.
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| - Lianshan Chen
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186797 | ISBN-10: 052118679X
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Utilising a variety of ancient Chinese sources, Chen Lianshan examines the origin and development of myths and legends in China, including both well-known and less familiar traditions, and compares these traditions to the mythology of the ancient western world.
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| - Ci Lin
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186636 | ISBN-10: 0521186633
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Chinese artists did not seek to represent direct copies of the natural world; rather, traditional Chinese paintings sought to portray the harmony between the natural world and human emotion, evoking ancient Chinese philosophy.
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| - Deqi Shan
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186674 | ISBN-10: 0521186676
US$ 19.99
In this illustrated introduction Shan Deqi explores a representative selection of traditional Chinese dwellings, considering their architecture, environmental setting and the lifestyles and customs of the people who inhabit these distinctive homes and have contributed to their development.
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| - Yuqun Liao
- Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521186728 | ISBN-10: 0521186722
US$ 19.99
Although Western medicine is often the basic method used to deal with medical problems, the techniques developed in traditional Chinese medicine still play an important part in protecting the health of the Chinese people and are practised throughout the world.
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