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Doctor Monster: The Boy Detectives 02
· 2025
Boy Detectives Club member Aikawa Taiji trails a mysterious old man, strays into a red-brick Western-style house, and is abducted through a trap set b…
Light of Carving: Jades of Liangzhu Culture
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
To dig deeper into and present Chinese culture in all its facets, we specifically asked the editors of The Beauty of Culture to integrate social devel…
Suzhou Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers such topics as the treasures of rockeries—the Huanxiu Villa; elegant and distinctive garden architecture; the renowned lake-stone roc…
Jiangnan Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers the naturally formed Jiangnan gardens, the emergence and development of private gardens, the colorful art of garden design, the flora…
Imperial Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers the Penglai-like pavilions of Beihai Park; its initial construction in the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties; the building of the Round C…
Beijing Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers the Imperial Palace's protective screen—Jingshan Park, the geomantically auspicious site atop an earthen mound, Jingshan at its most …
Lingnan Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers the scenery of the South—Lingnan gardens, the conditions and elements of garden formation, the open and inclusive garden culture, the…
Finest Towers and Pavilions
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers the Denggao resort Yongji Guanque Tower, built in the Northern Zhou for garrison defense and flourishing in the Tang, the rebuilt Gua…
Landmarks of Ancient Architecture
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers the ancient huabiao pillars, Emperor Yao's wooden posts for soliciting criticism, their evolution into traditional decorative stone c…
Northern Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers such topics as the natural spectacle of Badachu, the origin of the name Badachu and Xiangjie Temple, the mysterious and intriguing Ba…
Finest Pavilions and Terraces
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2025
This book covers such subjects as the Huayuanzhuang Pavilion—the Wuling Congtai; the Congtai built for the introduction of nomadic dress and mounted a…
The Light of Carving: Jade Artifacts of Liangzhu Culture
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2020
This book integrates social development and infuses the spirit of the times. In presenting each cultural form, it strives to comprehensively display t…
Suzhou Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
With its lakeside rockery, Huanxiu Villa is renowned throughout China. Though modest in size, the estate contains a full range of mountain features—pr…
Jiangnan Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
Jiangnan gardens are an outstanding representative of classical Chinese gardens, vividly reflecting the Chinese view of nature and of life. Jiangnan g…
Northern Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
Northern gardens are distinguished by features found in imperial, temple and private gardens alike, chiefly the arrangement of a front court and rear …
Lingnan Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
Lingnan gardens first emerged in the Qin and Han dynasties. After a long, slow development they gradually flourished, and by the Ming and Qing dynasti…
Imperial Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
In Beihai Park, pavilions are distinctive and covered walkways wind gracefully. The whole park is laid out on the mythical conceit of "one pond and th…
Beijing Gardens
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
As a palace garden of the imperial city, Jingshan began as an artificial hill in the Liao Dynasty and became a garden in the Jin Dynasty, gradually em…
The Three Famous Towers
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
Yueyang Tower in Hunan was first built around 220 CE. Its predecessor is said to have been the "Military Review Tower" of Lu Su, a general of the East…
Symbols of Ancient Architecture
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017
Huabiao is a column-shaped marker that stood in front of palaces, ancestral temples, pavilions, tombs, and other structures in ancient China. Original…