你知道有个叫八台子的地方，长城与教堂相依偎吗？你知道在老牛湾，长城与中华民族的母亲河——黄河相交融吗？你知道西水峪水长城上，春天的美景宛如桃花源吗？烽两位作者将历史与现实、人文与风光、正史与传说、资料与实践结合在一起，用风趣的语言、精美的图片、独特的立意，向我们展示了一个不一样的长城，一个更加生动的、有血有肉的长城。

This chronicle of the Forbidden City, a rich blend of history,anecdotal narrative, biographical portraits and illustrations,carries readers through 500 years of imperial China. 本书以图文形式展示了自1420年至1912年500年间故宫辉煌瑰丽的建筑、馆藏文物，并用生动细腻的语言讲述了宫墙内真实鲜活的人物命运、历史事件和宫廷生活。

In such an era of cultural assimilation, when bulldozers nudge their way toward the increasingly fewer Beijing hutong and siheyuan, and Shanghai linong, it is not only the old city districts that are declining; the unique Chinese architecture, culture and lifestyle are vanishing with them. Fortunately, the vast territory of China is still dotted with old townscapes dating back thousands of years, carrying on the continuous history and civilization of China. Zhouzhuang, Fenghuang,Hongcun, Tongli, Pingyao, Luodai, Lijiang, Dali ...these old towns enjoy their own tranquility, far from the din of the cities, and exude their own distinctive flavor and delicacy without the pompous magnificence of imperial palaces. Their names are beautiful symbols of China because of their small picturesque bridges, flowing waters and local houses that have long been portrayed in Chinese ink and wash paintings, numerous exquisite brick,stone and wood carvings, arches erected to memorate chaste widows, a welter of ethnic customs of

The Tibean antelope is unique to China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.lts habitat is lo-cated 4.000-5.500 m above sea level,in Changtang in northern Tibet,and Hoh Xil in Qinghai Province and the Altun Mountains in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This is an area lr rrozen soil,glaciers,lakes and marshes, known as the"forbiddenzone" ln an extremely hostile environment for man,the Tibetan antelope thrives. Many other animals can hardly breathe at an altitude lr 4.000-5.000 m,let alone run,yet the Tibetan antelope can run 20-30 km continuously at a speed lr 60 kph,en-abling it to outdistance beasts lr prey. The Tibetan antelope isalways alert to danger.lt was only with the greatest greatest difficulty that our photographer could get shots of the animals on the distant horizon,using a camera with a 400 long-focus lens plus a 2.8-times focal-augmenting lens,and having carefully camouflaged himself beforehand. Yet,poachers have been slaughtering the Tibetan antelope for many years,reducing it to the status of an e

ManyguidebookshaveappearedinChinesededicatedtoHangzhou,thecityofHeavendescribedbyMarcoPolo.now,addedtothoseisHangzhou,thefirstEnglishguidebookofitskindinchina.Thiookhasfieoutstandingfeatures.作者简介：ChenGangwaornandeducatedinHangzhou,Todate,heistheonlyTourGuideExtraordinaireinEastChina'sZhjiangProvince,andtheonlyprofessorinJanuary1982fromtheEnglishLanguageandLiteratrreDepartmentofZhejiangUniversity,hebegantoserveasanEngling-speakingguideinterpreter,andlaterasmanaeroftheEuroAmericanDepartmentofchinaTravelservie,heisauthorofWestLakePoerics,chieftranslatorofATriptoMountainsandRiversinZhejingprovince,oneothefewoficialtranslatorsoftheMacmillanEncyclopedia,andthesesoncoupletshavebeenfeatrredinnationalandprovincialacademicpubliations.

北京建城已有3000多年的历史，作为都城已逾800年之久。在公元前11世纪时称为“蓟”，公元938年，蓟城成为辽的陪都，改称南京，又称为燕京。一个多世纪

这是一本全新的旅游手册，读者对象是来华的外国旅游者，作者则是在中国生活多年且熟悉中国旅游资源的几位外国人士。书中分为两个部分。部分概述中国的历史和文化背景；第二部分详细介绍了53个外国人去的地方，其内容包括景点特色、旅游提示、交通、住宿、饮食、购物等多项内容。全书信息详尽、准确、实用，是来华旅游者手中理想的导游指南。全书65万字，400余幅图片和旅游示意图，彩色印刷。