1st Edition

Chinese Houses and Gardens

By Henry Inn, Shao Chang Lee Copyright 2001
    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1999. This volume is a product of the research programme of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, entitled International Social Organization in East and Southeast Asia: Qiaoxiang Ties during the Twentieth Century. The programme will run from 1996-2000 (for a fuller description, please see the Appendix chapter). The book was prepared during a workshop at the International Convention of Asian Scholars, 25-8 June 1997, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.

    Part One: Articles: CHINESE HOUSES AND GARDENS IN RETROSPECT; FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN CHINESE ARCHITECTURE; CHINESE GARDENS: CONTRASTS; DESIGNS; MAN AND NATURE IN THE CHINESE GARDEN; THE CHINESE LOVE OF HOME AND SYMBOLISM; Part Two: Plates: PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS AND DRAWING.

    Biography

    Edited by Shao Chang Lee Author of China, Ancient and Modern,Chinese Culture Through the Moon Gate, Popular Buddhism in China. Henry Inn, Author of Hawaiian Types and Tropical Blooms.