• Four Seasons of the Forbidden City (English-Chinese Postcards): 24 Solar Terms Through a Master‘s Lens
  • Four Seasons of the Forbidden City (English-Chinese Postcards): 24 Solar Terms Through a Master‘s Lens
  • Four Seasons of the Forbidden City (English-Chinese Postcards): 24 Solar Terms Through a Master‘s Lens
  • Four Seasons of the Forbidden City (English-Chinese Postcards): 24 Solar Terms Through a Master‘s Lens
  • Four Seasons of the Forbidden City (English-Chinese Postcards): 24 Solar Terms Through a Master‘s Lens
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Four Seasons of the Forbidden City (English-Chinese Postcards): 24 Solar Terms Through a Master‘s Lens

Four Seasons of the Forbidden City (English-Chinese Postcards): 24 Solar Terms Through a Master‘s Lens

Over 30 Years of Photographing the Palace, One Image for Each Solar Term — From Beginning of Spring to Great Cold, Tear-Out Cards That Show a Forbidden City Most Visitors Never See
This is not a guidebook to the Forbidden City, and it is not a coffee-table photo album you keep behind glass. It is a set of tear-out postcards—one for each of the twenty-four solar terms—printed with images by Li Shaobai, a photographer who has spent over thirty years shooting the palace. Because he is not standing where tourists stand, you see a Forbidden City that feels different: light falling on a wall at a particular hour, snow settling on a roof just before spring, the quiet of a courtyard after the crowds have gone. The cards are bilingual, so you can read the Chinese and English names of each solar term, keep the ones you love, and send the rest to someone who has never been there. If you want to hold a year of the Forbidden City in your hand and pass a piece of it on—rather than read a history of the palace or flip through a conventional picture book—this is it.
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Discover the Forbidden City Like Never Before

Four Seasons of the Forbidden City is a deluxe postcard collection drawn from over three decades of dedicated photography by Li Shaobai, one of China‘s most celebrated photographers of the Palace Museum.

Organized around the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, each postcard captures a unique perspective of the Forbidden City — from its majestic architecture to intimate details rarely seen by visitors. This collection reveals the Palace Museum’s ever-changing character across seasons and times of day.

About the Photographer:
Li Shaobai has served on the editorial boards of Popular Photography, Chinese Photography, and Photography & Video magazines. His works have been exhibited in Germany, Japan, Estonia, Switzerland, and the United States. He is the author of numerous photography books, including The Invisible Forbidden City and Goodbye, Forbidden City.

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