China's Cultural Heritage: Rediscovering a Past of 7000 Years

China's Cultural Heritage presents the wonders of Chinese culture created over the past 7.000 years from primitive society to the early 20th century. Included are temples, lamaseries and Buddhist pagodas; imperial palaces and mausoleums; rock grottoes and their treasures; traditional Chinese homes; sculptures, engravings and graphic arts. The book's eight chapters, compiled chronologically, cover over 120 cultural sites, each described in a 2000-word article accompanied by photos taken from different angles to provide a three dimensional, multifaceted view. The articles introduce not only physical aspects, but also origins, backgrounds and cultural intensions, giving readers comprehensive knowledge of the development of Chinese civilization as a whole.