Six Hundred Years of the Forbidden City
by Zhu Yong
About This Novel
This book uses the spatial order of the Forbidden City's architecture as the abscissa and the chronological order of the Forbidden City's history as the ordinate to reflect the historical and cultural connotations of the Forbidden City in a three-dimensional and panoramic manner. By reviewing the 600-year history of the Forbidden City, it reveals the historical significance of Beijing as the capital, and demonstrates the great achievements of Chinese civilization in palace architecture, gardens, paintings, reading and collections, etc., While criticizing the dark cruelty of feudal imperial power and revealing the historical inevitability of China's history toward democracy and self-reliance in the twentieth century.
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Official(3)Scraped 20d ago
See everything in the Forbidden City from the Ming Dynasty when Zhu Di "the emperor guarded the country" to the Qing Dynasty when Emperor Xuantong was deposed and the dynasties changed.
This big book is well written, instructive but not blunt, telling history but making people enjoy watching it. It not only shows the battle of wits among the former emperors and ministers, but also the various life styles of the head of the Sixth Palace who commanded the three thousand beauties in the harem. Very interesting and worth seeing. Highly recommended, I hope all book lovers will not miss it...
The Forbidden City is too huge for passers-by to take a look and take a sip from the river of history. But as the author said, always believe in the power of words.
The book I wanted to read more than a year ago has become this year's best medicine for calming my mind. Teacher Zhu Yong's works will never let me down.
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Official(3)Scraped 20d ago
See everything in the Forbidden City from the Ming Dynasty when Zhu Di "the emperor guarded the country" to the Qing Dynasty when Emperor Xuantong was deposed and the dynasties changed.
This big book is well written, instructive but not blunt, telling history but making people enjoy watching it. It not only shows the battle of wits among the former emperors and ministers, but also the various life styles of the head of the Sixth Palace who commanded the three thousand beauties in the harem. Very interesting and worth seeing. Highly recommended, I hope all book lovers will not miss it...
The Forbidden City is too huge for passers-by to take a look and take a sip from the river of history. But as the author said, always believe in the power of words.
The book I wanted to read more than a year ago has become this year's best medicine for calming my mind. Teacher Zhu Yong's works will never let me down.
