compiled by the Liaoning Provincial Library

About the Author

Liaoning Provincial Library (LPL) is a center for book collection, bibliography compilation, interlibrary cooperation, as well as academic research and exchange in the Liaoning Province. It now boasts a book collection of 3.6 million copies in more than 10 languages. Among its 560,000 copies of ancient books, reliable text adds up to 120,000 copies, including nearly 100 books printed in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. In addition, it also houses a huge literature on northeastern China, Manchu, Qing Dynasty, and the Puppet Manchu Guo Government. In 1998, the library was rated by China's Ministry of Culture as a “First-class State-Level Library.”

For nearly 30 years before the Qing forces captured Shanhaiguan, Liaoning had been the political center of the early Qing government. Moreover, Liaoning was the “rising land of the dragon” where the ancestors of Qing emperors were buried, therefore, the imperial court attached great importance to the administration and development of Liaoning.

A Pictorial Record of the Qing Dynasty — Old Manchu Capital, original in Chinese Edition is compiled by the Liaoning Provincial Library, consists of 500-plus photographs and paintings about the organizational system of the Liaoning area, its war relics, religious temples, culture, and education during the Qing Dynasty. Some of the photographs or paintings are taken from first editions or rare editions, such as the 130-volume Shengjing Gazette carved and produced by Wuying Hall.

Also included in this title are the Collection of Manchu Official Seals produced during the Emperor Qianlong's reign, the Records of the Sino–Japanese War published by the Japanese Hakubunkan in 1894, the Photograph Album of Scenes during the Russo–Japanese War published in 1906, the Complete Maps of Paddocks and Kaluns in the Territory of Shengjing, the Blueprint of Lüshun Shipyard, the Photograph Album of Historical Relics in Shenyang and many more.

Published by Cengage Learning Asia and marketed by World Scientific Publishing Co.

• Three Capitals in Northeastern China:
  • Xingjing
  • Dongjing
  • Shengjing
  • The Administration of Shengjing
• Three Imperial Mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty in Shengjing:
  • Yongling Mausoleum
  • Fuling Mausoleum
  • Zhaoling Mausoleum
  • The Mountain Resort and Eight Outlying Temples
• History of the Liao-Shen Area
  • Wars of the Early Qing Dynasty
  • The First Sino–Japanese War
  • The Russo–Japanese War
• Culture and Education:
  • Confucius Temples
  • Kuixing Towers
  • The Wensu Pavilion
• Religious Beliefs:
  • Buddhist Temples
  • Taoist Temples
  • Mosques
  • Churches
• Rites and Customs:
  • Agricultural Activities
  • Daily Life
  • Stages of Life
  • Social Etiquette
  • Festivals