| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Six Remaining Covered Bridge Belts -- Introduction -- Covered Bridge Belt in North China -- Covered Bridge Belt in Northwest China -- Covered Bridge Belt in Southwest China -- Covered Bridge Belt in South Central China -- Covered Bridge Belt in Southeast China -- Covered Bridges in Jiangnan.-Covered Bridges in Other Areas -- Appendix Comparison Table of Chinese and English -- Vocabulary -- Postscript |
| Summary |
This book is the first comprehensive work on Chinese covered bridges study, covering fields of human geography, historical buildings, and transportation. It includes more than 300 covered bridges of ancient and modern China, researching and analyzing their historical evolutions, architectural technologies and aesthetic values. And it, for the first time, divides Chinese covered bridges into six covered bridge belts and fills the academic gaps. This book presents an informative and splendid tour into covered bridges, illustrated and full of humanist consciousness. It targets on audience who works in transportation, human geography, historical buildings and Chinese traditional culture with its significant value both in academy and art |
| Notes |
Translated from Chinese |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 17, 2021) |
| Subject |
Covered bridges -- China
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Covered bridges
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
China Highway and Transportation Society, author.
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| ISBN |
9789811661556 |
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9811661553 |
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