Mountains and Waters of China · Jiangxi Volume

Author: Duan Baolin
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Chinese landscape, landscape of China. With a total of twenty volumes, featuring exquisite illustrations and elegant prose. It takes you into a — historical China, a cultural China; lets you — sit and enjoy the landscapes, read and explore the world. This series of books has two key concepts: "landscape stories" and "landscape sentiments." The rich and diverse "stories" behind the mountains and waters are the main characteristics of Chinese landscapes. Due to the long-standing civilization and historical heritage, as well as the long-term influence of agricultural life, the "stories" behind the landscapes in China are particularly abundant, meaning that the cultural landscapes are especially rich, and the accumulation of historical and cultural heritage is particularly profound. This series blends landscape aesthetics, anecdotes and legends, landscape literature, and local customs into one, offering everyone a "comprehensive collection of landscape stories."
"Mountain-water sentiments" are a unique cultural mindset formed by the ancestors of China in their long-term agricultural society. The publication of this series in its current form is the result of the joint efforts of many colleagues and friends. Especially Mr. Luo Zhewen, who traveled across the mountains and forests to protect cultural heritage, and the renowned photographers Gu Di, Li Yuxiang, Wu Yinnan, and Li Xiangde, provided a wealth of photographs of cultural relics, historical sites, and landscape art, adding a rich classical poetic charm to the series.
As one volume of the "Landscape of China" illustrated series, this book provides a panoramic scan of the landscapes, historical sites, legends, and local customs of Jiangxi Province, accompanied by nearly 200 illustrations. With elegant prose and exquisite illustrations, it distinguishes itself from the currently popular tourism guides that focus on information and academic works that study history and culture. It allows readers to savor the essence of "traveling through reading."