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 北京文化之旅·博物馆卷
we00 - Visit Beijing
$12.50
访问北京
Chinese-English
Chief Editors: Ma Xigui & Liu Yida
Covering a wide range of museums and their nearby facilities, this small encyclopedia is an authoritative guide in the form of travelogue accompanied by exquisite iconographies of pen sketches and maps, integrating the introduction to the museum with tourist entertainment programs. In accordance with the division of Beijing administrative districts, and from the perspectives of history, architectures, cultural relics, transportations, nearby sightseeing, and restaurants etc, this book gives a general introduction to Beijing museums, bridging Beijing to the world and introducing the history and the current situation of Beijing to the people at home and abroad. On basis of this book, separate volumes on Beijing gardens, the world's cultural heritages, famous institutes of higher learning, Olympic building complex, places for folk-custom dramatic activities, theaters and showplaces will come out in sequence. They will present to the people a new image of Beijing that boasts profound cultural traditions and leads the way of modern development.
ISBN 7800474992 
Forbidden City Publishing House 
05-2005  P  205x123mm  243pp

$12.50

we01 - Common Questions About Chinese Culture (A Handbook for Tourists)
和老外聊文化中国 $9.90
Chinese-English
Editor: Yang Yuanqing
Get a good understand-
ing of one of the most ancient cultures in the world. Learn about Chinese Tea, Chinese Cuisine, Chinese Ancient Books, Chinese Characters, Chinese Pottery, Chinese Porcelain, Chinese Mythology, Chinese silk, Chinese Social Relations, Chinese Martial Arts and more. The book answers questions like, "What is the origin of Chinese Caligraphy?", "What is the origin of the Lantern festival?". This is a great resource tool for anyone traveling or planning to work/study in China.
ISBN 7806249486 
Tiandi Publishing House
01-2005  P  190x130mm 369pp

$9.90

we02 - Beijing Official Guide (with 1 map of Beijing) $16.00
北京指南(附中英文北京地图一张)
Chinese-English
Chief-Editor: Liu Kaiyang
This pocket-sized pointer to everywhere in Beijing that matters provides the visitor with an unsurpassed overview of the city, its environs and people. If in exploring you really want to get under the skin of this rapidly burgeoning capital city of ancient and modern attractions, this book will be your itinerary to delightful places. This guide will prove a godsend as you explore Beijing because, along with telling you about beauty spots and other sites truly worth visiting, it offers historical and other insights that will make you something of an expert on the city's highways and byways. Cultural glimpses too.
Contents: Beijing, Festival, Transportation, Travel, Culture & Arts, Dining, Shopping, Leisure, Useful Telephone Numbers.
ISBN 7508505948
China Intercontinental Press
12-2004  P  210*120mm  160pp

$16.00

Panda Books
熊猫丛书
we 03 - Sights with Stories in Old Beijing $4.40
北京旅游点的传说
English
Translated By: Xiong Zhenru etc.
The 47 legends that form this book have crystallized around some of Beijing's most celebrated sights. Here are the "just-so stories" of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, the Fragrant Hills, the Summer Palace, the Lama Temple, the Gate of Heavenly Peace and many others, told as earthily and redolently as only Beijingers can. Reminisce or whet your appetite: a little extra bit of Beijing will be yours.  ISBN 7119037498 Foreign Languages Press 
CNY 8.80  12-2004  P  180*110mm  203pp

$4.40

Guide to China
中国通手册
Chinese-English
The choice materials in this series of books reveal the diverse cultures and life style typical of their respective kind within Chinese territory. Moreover, the series of books is printed in a bilingual version with vivid pictures. Each Chinese character is accompanied by Chinese pinyin, and a demarcation between two different Chinese phrases is considerately drawn throughout each book. This series of books might serve as a bright window for demonstrating Chinese culture, and a solid bridge for communication and mutual understanding between Chinese people and other nations. Now the following 4 volumes have been published.
Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House   12/2002  32mo  CNY37.60 per volume


 

 

 

 

 

we04a - Delicious Foods  $9.40
美食佳肴  ISBN7532532615

$9.40


we04b - Etiquette & Customs $9.40
风俗礼仪  ISBN7532532763

$9.40

we04c - Health Care & Preservation 保健 养生  $9.40
ISBN753253295x

$9.40

we04d - Scenic Spots & Historical Sites $9.40
名胜古迹  ISBN7532532496

$9.40

 

 

 
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