閻崇年 教授

（著名北京史、清史研究專傢，央視“百傢講壇”主講人）

《古都北京(英文版)(小)》主要內容：The City of Intellectuals—Beijing Through the centuries is an illustrated documentary book about Beijing's local history and traditional cultures.The whole book,with detailed historcal materials and beautiful Pictures,is a chronicle of Beijing's evolution in the last 500 thousand years,espcially that in the Yuan,mingand Qing dynasties,after which Beijing became an international metropolis.For Beijing's politics,trades and religions in each era.the book emphasizes the cultures,arts.gardens.architures,imperial lives and common people's traditions.So,this booknot only has an overall and systematic content about Beijing,but also has its values in cultures and arts;it gives us both a historical narration and an international angle to represent the historical views of the ancient capital city Beijing.