Capital Cities and Urban Form in Pre-modern China

Released on by Victor Cunrui Xiong
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  • Capital Cities and Urban Form in Pre-modern China Book Detail

  • Author : Victor Cunrui Xiong
  • Release Date : 2016-08-19
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 577
  • ISBN 13 : 131723555X
  • File Size : 63,63 MB
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Capital Cities and Urban Form in Pre-modern China by Victor Cunrui Xiong PDF Summary

Book Description: Luoyang, situated in present-day Henan province, was one of the great urban centres of pre-Qin and early imperial China, the favoured site for dynastic capitals for almost two millennia. This book, the first in any Western language on the subject, traces the rise and fall of the six different capital cities in the region which served eleven different dynasties from the Western Zhou dynasty, when the first capital city made its appearance in Luoyang, to the great Tang dynasty, when Luoyang experienced a golden age. It examines the political histories of these cities, explores continuity and change in urban form with a particular focus on city layouts and landmark buildings, and discusses the roles of religions, especially Buddhism, and illustrious city residents. Overall the book provides an accessible survey of a broad sweep of premodern Chinese urban history.

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