Drawing Chinese love songs

Author: Xuan Sen (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book selects over 700 classic love songs from China's dynasties, accompanied by nearly 300 unique illustrations. The works span from the pre-Qin period to the early Republic era, featuring beloved poems reflecting romantic relationships between men and women from different historical periods, such as "The Cooing of the Mandarin Ducks," "The Kangding Love Song," Shaanxi's Xiantianyou, Qinghai's Flower Songs, and folk songs of ethnic minorities. Ancient works and dialects are included with brief annotations, while modern works are marked with their sources and popular regions. This book is a work of great ethnic, filled with poetic charm, worth savoring and admiring, a treasure worth collecting, and a book that one cannot put down.