History of Chinese Landscape

Author: Wu Bihu / Liu Xiaojuan
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book categorizes Chinese cultural landscapes into two major types: concrete and non-concrete. It examines the formation mechanisms, diffusion, and integration characteristics of these two types of cultural landscapes. Finally, employing a comprehensive analytical approach, it proposes a zoning scheme for Chinese cultural landscapes based on the fundamental spatial differentiation between agricultural and pastoral types. The core of the book consists of a classified discussion of concrete settlement landscapes, industrial landscapes, and public service landscapes, as well as non-concrete folk cultural landscapes, linguistic and literary landscapes, and religious landscapes within Chinese cultural landscapes.