Green and Green Village Guo

Author: Xiao Liu the Traveler
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: "A Traveler's Notes on Architecture · Architectural Solitary Journey" is hailed as the first cultural travelogue in China themed on architecture. Xiao Liu the Traveler is a young architect who, driven by his passion for ancient Chinese architecture, embarked on his "Architectural Solitary Journey" in 1996. He traveled alone to many remote and secluded areas with highly distinctive vernacular architecture, witnessing the "poetically magnificent" ancient Chinese buildings across the vast land of China, as he described them. "Architectural Solitary Journey" depicts every place he visited and every building that moved him over the course of 7 years. The numerous photographs and sketches in the book are also a major highlight. "Qinglv Village Guo" includes "Floating Cloud Journey" and "Flowing Water Journey." "Floating Cloud" records his travels in Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan, forming a route that connects the vernacular architecture of various ethnic minorities in Southwest China. "Flowing Water" documents his journeys in Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang, offering a tour of the vernacular architecture and village fengshui in the southeastern provinces of China.