Heaven on Earth: The Stories of Chinese Constellations

Author: Wang Yumin
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book follows the of ancient Chinese star systems, telling numerous myths, legends, characters, allusions, and folk customs related to Chinese constellations. Through these stories, young readers will learn many facts that they wouldn't encounter in literature or history classes. While narrating these tales, the book also illustrates the various important social roles of ancient Chinese astronomy through vivid examples, and appropriately introduces relevant modern astronomy knowledge in the text. Aimed at primary and secondary school students, this book meets the needs of quality education by integrating history, culture, traditional Chinese astronomy, and modern astronomy. It is richly illustrated, with clear and engaging language that is fresh and natural, lively and thought-provoking. It serves as an extracurricular reading material for middle school students to promote traditional Chinese culture, and can also be enjoyed by college students and adults as leisure reading.