China's Heritage through History employs a longue durée approach to examine China's heritage through history. From Imperial to contemporary China, it explores the role of practices and material forms of the past in shaping social transformation through knowledge production and transmission.

Yujie Zhu is an associate professor at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University in Australia. He obtained his PhD in anthropology from Heidelberg University, Germany. His research focuses on the cultural politics of the past within diverse heritage and memory spaces.

1 Heritage through History and Reconfigured Pasts 2 Antiquarianism in the Imperial Era 3 National Heritage in the Modern era 4 Heritage Industry in the Contemporary Era 5 Collecting the Past: The Tianyi Pavilion as a Private Library 6 Preserving the Past: Baosheng Temple and Its Statues 7 Reproducing the Past: The Orchid Pavilion Gathering and Calligraphy 8 Exchanging the Past: Liulichang as an Antique Market 9 The Future of the Past