华夏古城图

ANCIENT CHINA ATLAS — seven reconstructed wonders of imperial China, in one app. Walk the twelve gates of Tang Chang'an, stand before the Hall of Supreme Harmony, climb the ridgeline towers of Badaling, face the ranks of the Terracotta Army, and wander the lotus ponds of a Ming garden in Suzhou. Sixty reconstructed sites, each with a sourced note on what is known — and what is a schematic. ◆ SEVEN SCENES • Chang'an (Tang) — the greatest city on earth in the 8th century: outer walls, palace city, markets and the Wild Goose Pagoda • Luoyang (Zhou of Empress Wu) — Mingtang and Tiantang on the banks of the Luo River • Bianjing (Northern Song) — the Imperial Street, Zhou Bridge and the Rainbow Bridge of the Qingming scroll • Forbidden City (Ming & Qing) — the central axis from the Meridian Gate to the Imperial Garden • Badaling Great Wall (Ming) — gate fortress, watchtowers and beacons along…