ANCIENT CAPITALS OF CHINA 006 CAPITALS OF THE LEGENDARY EMPERORS HUANG, YAO, SHUN, AND YU 007 Youxiong, the capital of Emperor Huang 008 The legends of Yao, Shun and Yu 009 Pingyang, the capital of Emperor Yao 010 Puban, the capital of Emperor Shun 011 Anyi, the capital of Emperor Yu 012 CAPITALS OF THE ANCIENT THREE DYNASTIES OF XIA, SHANG AND ZHOU 013 Capitals of the Xia Dynasty 014 Capitals of the Shang Dynasty 015 Capitals of the Western Zhou Dynasty 016 Luoyi, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty 018 CAPITAL OF THE QIN DYNASTY 020 CAPITALS OF THE HAN DYNASTY 021 Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han Dynasty 022 Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty 024 CAPITALS OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 025 Luoyang, the capital of the Wei Kingdom 026 Chengdu, the capital of the Shu Kingdom 027 Jianye, the capital of the Wu Kingdom 028 CAPITALS OF THE JIN DYNASTY 029 Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty 031 Jiankang, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty 032 CAPITALS OF THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN DYNASTIES 033 Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Dynasties 034 Capitals of the Northern Dynasties 036 CAPITALS OF THE SUI DYNASTY 038 CAPITALS OF THE TANG DYNASTY 039 Chang'an, the first capital of the Tang Dynasty 040 Moving to Luoyang 041 Back to Chang'an 042 CAPITALS OF THE FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS 044 CAPITALS OF THE SONG DYNASTY 045 Dongjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty 046 Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty 048 CAPITALS OF THE LIAO DYNASTY 050 CAPITAL OF THE JIN DYNASTY 052 THE CAPITAL OF THE XIXIA DYNASTY 054 CAPITAL OF THE YUAN DYNASTY 056 CAPITALS OF THE MING DYNASTY 057 Nanjing, the first capital of the Ming Dynasty 058 Beijing, the second capital of the Ming Dynasty 060 CAPITAL OF THE QING DYNASTY THE FIVE MOUNTAINS 064 THE TAI MOUNTAIN OF THE EAST 072 THE SONG MOUNTAIN IN THE CENTER 078 THE HUA MOUNTAIN OF THE WEST 084 THE HENG MOUNTAIN OF THE SOUTH 090 THE HENG MOUNTAIN OF THE NORTH 092 The Heng Mountain in Shanxi 094 The Heng Mountain in Hebei THE FOUR RIVERS 098 THE JI RIVER OF THE NORTH 100 The Temple of the Ji River 102 The Wangwu Mountain 104 THE HUAI RIVER OF THE EAST 106 The Upper Reaches of the Huai River 108 The Middle Reaches of the Huai River 110 The Lower Reaches of the Huai River 112 THE YELLOW RIVER OF THE WEST 114 The Upper Reaches of the Yellow River 116 The Middle Reaches of the Yellow River 118 The Lower Reaches of the Yellow River 120 THE CHANGJIANG RIVER OF THE SOUTH 121 The Upper Reaches of the Changjiang River 124 The Middle Reaches of the Changjiang River 125 The Lower Reaches of the Changjiang River THE TWELVE PASSES ON THE GREAT WALL 130 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT WALL 133 THE EASTERN END OF THE GREAT WALL 134 The Shanhai Pass 138 The Huangya Pass 140 THE WESTERN END OF THE GREAT WALL 140 The Jiayu Pass 144 The Yumen Pass & The Yang Pass 148 THE OUTER THREE PASSES OF THE MING GREAT WALL 150 The Yanmen Pass 152 The Ningwu Pass 154 The Piantou Pass 156 THE INNER THREE PASSES OF THE MING GREAT WALL AND THE LONGQUAN PASS 158 The Zijing Pass 160 The Daoma Pass 161 The Juyong Pass 165 The Longquan Pass THE SPRING OF BEIJING 168 THE WINTERSWEETS OF FEBRUARY 172 THE MAGNOLIAS OF MARCH 176 THE CRABAPPLES OF APRIL 178 THE LILACS OF APRIL 181 THE PEONIES OF MAY