About the Author

Qiao Yun was born in Luanxian County, Hebei Province, and he graduated from Beijing Teachers College, where he majored in Chinese literature and Chinese history. He then joined China Architecture & Building Press, where he became a Senior Editor and Deputy Chief Editor. Since the early 1960s, Yun has been involved in writing and editing the History of Ancient Chinese Architecture and Ancient Chinese Architecture. He was chief editor of Yuanmingyuan, editor of the Academic Periodical of Yuanmingyuan, and has published over 20 essays. He also wrote -- Walls and Towers, another volume of the Library of Ancient Chinese Architecture series. He also wrote Walls and Towers, another volume of the Library of Ancient Chinese Architecture series.