Covered bridges in China / China Highway and Transportation Society.
China Highway and Transportation Society, author.
2021
TG101 .Z5613 2021
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Title
Covered bridges in China / China Highway and Transportation Society.
Uniform Title
Zhong guo lang qiao. English
ISBN
9789811661556 (electronic bk.)
9811661553 (electronic bk.)
9789811661549
9811661545
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6155-6
Published
Singapore : Springer ; [China] : China Communications Press, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from Chinese.
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-16-6155-6 doi
Call Number
TG101 .Z5613 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
624.20951
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.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 17, 2021).
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China Highway and Transportation Society, author.
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Covered bridges in China.
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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.

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