Tracing the footsteps of the capital city

Author: Deng Youping et al.
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Publishing Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The book "Tracing the War Capital" aims to introduce Chongqing as a wartime capital and wartime capital with numerous anti-war heritage sites through a relaxed approach to history. This "relaxation" comes from two aspects: First, its illustrations not only include photos of the heritage sites themselves but also those of the figures and events associated with them, all selected from tens of thousands of anti-war photographs in the Chongqing Museum. Just the "richness" of these images alone will not make readers feel fatigued. Second, the accuracy of the historical materials, the fluency of the writing, and the content that is not confined to "official history," "anecdotes," or "rumors" make the book engaging and not overly dry. The book is broadly divided into four parts: 1) Heritage sites of the National Government institutions; 2) Heritage sites of the Southern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Office of the Eighth Route Army; 3) Heritage sites of important cultural and educational institutions that moved to Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War; 4) Heritage sites of foreign embassies and foreign affairs institutions; 5) Heritage sites of significant historical monumental buildings.