May Holdsworth
The Palace of Established Happiness: Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City.
Beijing: Forbidden City Publishing House, 2008. First edition. 9787800473319 223 pages.
Large-format hardcover volume, measuring approximately 8.25" x 10.25", is, together with dust jacket, new, still in shrinkwrap.
Filled with exquisite pavilions, weathered rocks, sunken courtyards and winding galleries, the Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing became Emperor Qianlong's favorite retreat. In 1923, the Garden burnt down, and in 1998, the China Heritage Fund offered to support a restoration. This is an account of that five year plan.