文明与辉煌
2010-5
上海人民美术出版社
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北京城历史悠久，紫禁城和颐和园凸显出皇家气势，老北京街道宽而直，随处可见八旗遗风。通过这套老北京明信片，就像到百年前的北京城走了一圈，可以看到雄伟的城门楼和城墙，精美的牌楼，长长的骆驼队，特有的北京马车……通过对新旧北京城的对比，我们会有许多感悟和感叹。《文明与辉煌：北京（英文版）》面向海外读者，介绍北京著名风景旅游景点、历史文化遗迹。
The Historical BeijingThe Imperial BeijingThe Folk Custim of BeijingThe Cultural Beijing
插图：The Hall of Praying for a Good Harvest The Hall of Praying for a GoodHarvest was the place where emperor prayed for a bumper harvest on the15th of the first month of the Chinese lunar year every year in the Ming andQing Dynasties. It was a round hall with the roof of gold-plating top, thered posts and blue tiles, golden colored drawings and patterns, three-storied layers of eaves. This hall was adopted the structural form with thealtar and with 32 meters high, 30 meters for the diameter, the triple eavesare shrank and bundled upwards and formed umbrella shape layer bylayer. Standing on the altar of Praying for Corn with about 6 meters high,encircled by white fence of stone carving of three layers. The hall isgrandeur and pageantry, well-known at home and abroad, and also is thesymbol and sign of Beijing.The Hall of Praying for a Good Harvest was underproped and connected by28 columns supporting the sky and numerous complicated wooden shelveswithout any beam and iron nail. It is a remarkable model in the woodenframework building and a great wonder in classical timber building of the world,has extremely high science and artistic value. This hall was built in the YongleYear of Ming Dynasty, the original name was Daji Dian, presented the rectangleat first. And then rebuilt with the round hall with triple eaves, and cover blue,yellow and green three colored tiles one by one from top to bottom, namedand Daxiang Dian. In the 17th year of Qianlong reign in the Qing Dynasty（ 1752 ）, determined as the name of today. At the same time, three color tileschanged into the unified dark blue glazed tiles, in order to symbolize the bluesky. In the 15th year of Guangxu reign in the Qing Dynasty （1889）, this hall wasdestroyed by the thunder and fire, and rebuilt according to the former state inthe next year.
《文明与辉煌:北京(英文版)》是由上海人民美术出版社出版的。
书的内容很好的，全英文介绍北京，适合送给外国友人。但是书的封面和封底都非常脏，而且有印子是擦不干净的，老公看到书后还问我是不是二手的，我气死了！