Mapping Chengde: The Qing Landscape EnterpriseThe imperial residence of Chengde was built by two Manchu emperors between 1703 and 1780. Using both visual and textual materials, this volume explores the hidden dimensions of landscape, showing how geographical imagination shaped the aesthetics of Qing court culture. |
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