Ancient City Walls in China

Name: Ancient City Walls in China
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SKU: 9783716518533
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A Heritage Recovered

By Guoqing Yang and Markus Hattstein

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Ancient City Walls in China, written by Guoqing Yang and Markus Hattstein, delves into the architectural and historical significance of China's ancient city walls. This richly illustrated book explores the impressive structures that once served as protective barriers for cities, offering insights into their design, construction techniques, and cultural importance throughout history. Perfect for those interested in architectural heritage and history, it provides a fascinating look at China's past through its enduring city structures.
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Ancient City Walls in China

A resume of a historical architecture typology, a legacy with a once tremendous importance for the Middle Kingdom.

About a unique Chinese legacy with a once tremendous importance.

Description

In numerous civilisations throughout world history, city walls were an indispensable part of every city. In China, they can be traced back to the 21st century BC as fortified symbols of power and manifestation of the Middle Kingdom. Throughout the country's long history, several thousand have been erected, varying enormously in form, length, construction technology, functionality, and significance.

These city walls represent a unique heritage and a central identification factor from which to gain access to the self-image of Chinese culture. After years of decay and ignorance, it was only a few decades ago that they were discovered as cultural monuments, prompting the beginning of securing and restoration work.

The city walls recorded in the statistics today—of which a selection is presented in Ancient City Walls in China by new and historic photos—range from wall ruins in the ground to around 150 with lengths of more than one kilometre. This includes the famous fortification of Nanjing, which still boasts more than 20 kilometres standing.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783716518533

Publisher: Benteli Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 October 2019

Country: Switzerland

Imprint: Benteli Verlag

Illustration: 700 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 1280g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Guoqing Yang Markus Hattstein Non-Fiction

About the Author

Guoqing Yang is deputy research director at the Center for the Protection of the City Wall of Nanjing. For 15 years he has been engaged in the research of the city wall. His results have been pub-lished in the form of articles, essays and monographs. In 2011, at the invitation of the Institute for the History of Science of the Max Planck Institute, Yang conduct-ed a comparative study in Germany on the history and current situation of the city walls in China and Germany.