 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 630 pages
...abodes ; consequently, the greater part of the northern part is now tenanted by Chinese. This division consists of three inclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost contains the imperial palace and its surrounding buildings ; the second is occupied by the several... | |
 | Nicholas Belfield Dennys - China - 1866 - 104 pages
...and as such is represented in all Chinese maps. * "The Northern City consists of three enclosures, one -within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost contains the imperial palace and its surrounding buildings; the second is occupied by the several offices... | |
 | William Frederick Mayers, Charles King - China - 1867 - 852 pages
...square and as such is represented in all Chinese maps. " The Northern City consists of three enclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost contains the imperial palace and its surrounding buildings ; the second is occupied by the several... | |
 | William Frederick Mayers - 1867 - 852 pages
...square and as such is represented in all Chinese maps. " The Northern City consists of three enclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost contains the imperial palace and its surrounding buildings ; the second is occupied by the several... | |
 | George Goudie Chisholm - Geography - 1882 - 1020 pages
...with its sides looking to the cardinal points, and, like Mandalay, the Burmese capital, is made up of three inclosures one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost inclosure is called Kinching (forbidden city), and contains the imperial palace and the buildings connected with... | |
 | D. Warres Smith - Colonies - 1900 - 422 pages
...cities slightly exceeds 20 miles. The Tartar city consists (Dr. Williams tells us) of three enclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost, called Kin-ching or Prohibited City, contains the Imperial Palace and its surrounding buildings ; the... | |
 | United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division - China - 1900 - 512 pages
...surrounding moat, and level space between the wall and moat. The Tartar city consists (Dr. Williams tells us) of three inclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own walls. The innermost, called Kin-ching, or "prohibited city," contains the imperial palace and its... | |
 | United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division - China - 1900 - 120 pages
...surrounding moat, and level space between the wall and moat. The Tartar city consists (Dr. Williams tells us) of three inclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own walls. The innermost, called Kin-ching, or "prohibited city," contains the imperial palace and its... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1904 - 914 pages
...shape of a parallelogram, facing the four quarters of the globe, and consists of three enclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost enclosure or area is called Kin-Ching (prohibited or forbidden city), and contains the imperial palace,... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1911 - 918 pages
...shape of a parallelogram, facing the four quarters of the globe, and consists of three enclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost enclosure or area is called Kin-Ching (prohibited or forbidden city), and contains the imperial palace,... | |
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The former is built in the shape of a parallelogram, and consists of three inclosures, one within the other, each surrounded by its own wall. The innermost inclosure... 
