The Search for a Vanishing Beijing - A Guide to China's Capital Through the Agess : A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages

List of Maps ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xv Notes on Using This Book xvii The Plan of Old Peking 1(12) Traditional Beliefs 13(22) Historical Overview 35(20) Tian An Men Square 55(22) Zhong Shan Park and the Ancestral Hall 77(12) The Purple Forbidden City 89(20) The Eastern Imperial City and Environs 109(16) The Western Imperial City 125(20) The Former Legation District 145(16) The Eastern Tartar City 161(32) The Western Tartar City 193(30) The Eastern Chinese City 223(10) The Western Chinese City 233(18) Eastern Suburbs 251(12) Northern Suburbs 263(8) Western Suburbs 271(18) The Summer Palace 289(10) The Western Hills 299(16) The Ming Tombs 315(10) The Great Wall 325(6) Sights Further Afield 331(12) Food 343(10) Drink 353(6) A Night at the Opera 359(4) Epilogue 363(2) Notes 365(6) Bibliography 371(10) Illustration Credits 381(2) Index 383