Treasures Of China

by Reader's Digest Association

Describes and illustrates many of China's legendary landmarks, from natural monuments, ancient ruins, temples, and monasteries, to man-made wonders such as the Great Wall and Beijing's Forbidden City

Genres: Travel, Photography, History, Reference, Nonfiction, China

335 pages, Board Book

First published May 4, 1989

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a review of the 1988 edition of this book. I have to say this book was a pleasant surprise and still seems useful even though its old now. The book takes you through all the different regions of China and gives you at least one photo of each item, and sometimes more and write up off all the main historical and natural attractions of each region.

If you were planning a holiday to China and wanted to see some places off the beaten track this would be a good book to get your hands on. It shows a lot of historical sites I've never heard of elsewhere, including some spectacular ancient buildings. This is a great book to get a good idea of the variety of places to visit in China, though I get the impression its much more polluted today in China than when these photos were originally taken.

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful photography of parts of China that I am not familiar with. I love learning about my daughter's homeland. A few maps would have been helpful, I had to pull out an atlas to figure out where some of the places are.

[Semi-Academic Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures can be found here amongst others that seemed merely touristy.

[Matty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Large amount of fascinatingly gorgeous, unusually stunning pictures.