Author: Isaac Taylor HeadlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Court Life in China
Author: Isaac Taylor HeadlandPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465535039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Court Life in China
Author: Isaac Taylor HeadlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People
Author: Isaac Taylor HeadlandPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This is a historical account of Chinese history, culture, and society. The book provides an insightful look into the complex world of the Chinese court during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through detailed descriptions of Empress Dowager and her reign, as well as other key figures such as Emperor Kuang Hsu and Prince Chun, the book provides an overview of the politics, culture, and social norms that existed within the Forbidden City. Additionally, the book explores the lives of the women within the court, from the princesses to the ladies of rank, and provides a glimpse into the challenges and struggles they faced.
Staging for the Emperors
Author: Liana Chen (Assistant professor)Publisher:
ISBN: 9781621965480
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Theatrical performance occupied a central place in the emotional and political life of the Qing dynasty imperial household. For over two centuries, the Qing court poured a tremendous amount of human and material resources into institutionalizing the theatrical arts for the purposes of entertainment and edification. The emperors and empresses were ardent patrons and key players in establishing an artistic form that the court theatre called its own. They went to great lengths to cultivate a discerning taste in theatre and oversaw the artistic and managerial aspects of court theatrical activities. In the imperial theatrical spaces within and outside the Forbidden City, which were designed and built with the capacity to produce stunning visual effects, theatrical productions were staged to entertain imperial family members and to impress obeisance-paying guests from near and afar. Treating Qing dynasty court theatre as a unique site in which to examine important but uncharted realms of Chinese theatrical experience, Staging for the Emperor examines two distinct and interlocking dimensions of the Qing court theatre-the vicissitudes of the palace troupe and the multifaceted functions of court-commissioned ceremonial dramas-to highlight the diverse array of views held by individual rulers as they used theatrical means to promote their personal and political agendas. Drawing on recently discovered materials from a variety of court administrative bureaus, memoirs, diaries, and play scripts written for court ceremonial occasions, this study places the history of Qing court theatre in the broader context of Qing cultural and political history. Staging for the Emperors would appeal to readers interested in China studies and performance studies. It would also appeal to those outside the field of China studies who are interested in developing a cross-cultural perspective on the interplay between state rituals, power, identity formation, and theatrical experiences"--
China Court
Author: Rumer GoddenPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504040384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A New York Times–bestselling novel of the lives, loves, and foibles of five generations of a British family occupying a manor house in Wales. For nearly one hundred and fifty years the Quin family has lived at China Court, their magnificent estate in the Welsh countryside. The land, gardens, and breathtaking home have been maintained, cherished, and ultimately passed along—from Eustace and Adza in the early nineteenth century to village-girl-turned-lady-of-the-manor Ripsie Quin, her children, and her granddaughter, Tracy, in the twentieth. Brilliantly intermingling the past and the present, China Court is a sweeping family saga that weaves back and forth through time. The story begins at the end, in 1960, with the death of the indomitable Ripsie, whose dream of a life at the grand estate was realized through her marriage to the steadfast Quin brother who loved her—though he wasn’t the one she had always loved. With thrilling literary leaps across the decades, the story of a British dynasty is told in enthralling detail. It is a chronicle of wives and husbands; of mothers, sons, and daughters; of those who could never stray far from the lush grounds of China Court and the outcasts and outsiders who would never truly belong. Bearing comparison to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Rumer Godden’s novel relates the history of a family with sensitivity, wit, compassion, and a compelling touch of magical realism. A family’s loves, pains, triumphs, and scandals are laid bare, forming an intricate tapestry of heart-wrenching humanity, in a remarkable work of fiction from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century. This ebook features an illustrated biography of the author including rare images from the Rumer Godden Literary Estate.
From Early Tang Court Debates to China's Peaceful Rise
Author: Friederike AssandriPublisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 905356795X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Contributors to this insightful volume on topics in Chinese history from the past 1,400 years highlight the complexity at hand inside and outside modern China, while exploring issues related to political and social dynamics, economic structures, modernization, identity building, and Chinese interaction with the outside world. The articles presented here provide new insight on events as broad-ranging as the interreligious court debates of the Tang, the Jiaqing reform of the Qing, the Chinese display at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, China’s rise, and its current Internet regulation, making this highly interdisciplinary collection an important contribution to current scholarship on the nation of China.
Empresses of China's Forbidden City
Author: Daisy Yiyou WangPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300237085
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Empresses of China's Forbidden City: 1644-1912 accompanies the exhibition of the same title organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Freer]Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC, and the Palace Museum, Beijing, China."
Court Life in China
Author: Isaac Taylor HeadlandPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537471341
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Originally published in 1909, when in the Preface it was said: "Until the past ten years a study of Chinese court life would have been an impossibility. The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the court ladies were shut up within the Forbidden City, away from a world they were anxious to see, and which was equally anxious to see them. Then the Emperor instituted reform, the Empress Dowager came out from behind the screen, and the court entered into social relations with Europeans.""For twenty years and more Mrs. Headland has been physician to the family of the Empress Dowager's mother, the Empress' sister, and many of the princesses and high official ladies in Peking. She has visited them in a social as well as professional way, has taken her friends, to whom the princesses have shown many favours, and they have themselves been constant callers at our home. It is to my wife, therefore, that I am indebted for much of the information contained in this book."Isaac Taylor Headland was a Professor in the Peking University.
Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires
Author: Jeroen DuindamPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004206221
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
This volume presents new research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. It addresses the interactions of rulers and and elites at court, as well as the multiple connections between court, capital, and realm.
Court Life in China
Author: Isaac Taylor HeadlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Until within the past ten years a study of Chinese court life would have been an impossibility. The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the court ladies were shut up within the Forbidden City, away from a world they were anxious to see, and which was equally anxious to see them. Then the Emperor instituted reform, the Empress Dowager came out from behind the screen, and the court entered into social relations with Europeans.