中国国际图书贸易集团公司

Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the history of thegreat Chinese empire and the customs and traditions of its people.Stunning real-life photographs and lifelike models offer a unique"eyewitness" view of life in imperial China, from its earliestbeginnings in the Bronze Age to its final days in the early yearsof the 20th century. See the stunning bronze work of the ancientChinese, an early irrigation machine, a set of antique acupunctureneedles, the beautiful implements used for Chinese calligraphy.Learn why the First Emperor created the terra-cotta army, whatkinds of goods were carried along the Silk Route, who inventedpaper, how a Chinese house was constructed, why tombs were filledwith pottery figures, and what a civil servant's job entailed.Discover why emperors were known as Sons of Heaven, what kinds ofweapons were used in early battles, why families worshiped theirancestors, how fishermen used bivas to catch fish, and much, muchmore.