Chinese Life

Discover how feng shui influenced ancient Chinese art and architecture; the oldest pop charts in the world; how the dynasty system began; why the Shang culture was so advanced for its time; how the Chinese tried to predict the future; why jade was so prized by the rich. Illustrated with more than 80 stunning colour pictures, find out why the ancient Chinese civilisation was one of the greatest and most unusual of the ancient cultures.

Chinese Life was commissioned by a UK children's publisher and subsequently sold to foreign editions in America and Germany and Mexico.