Selected Chinese Ancient Travelogues

Author: Ni Qixin
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Publishing Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Our great motherland has a long history, abundant historical sites, vast territory, and magnificent mountains and rivers. Literary creation has a long history, and the branch of travel essays has also surged forward,, with its own development process, creating many excellent works and leaving behind a precious literary heritage and spiritual wealth. Ancient travel essays allow us to "travel" through our motherland's landscapes, appreciate historical sites, understand local customs and cultures, enjoy the art of prose, receive patriotic education, cultivate a sense of beauty, gain knowledge of history and geography, and draw nourishment for writing. For this reason, we have compiled this "Selected Ancient Chinese Travel Essays," aiming to provide some convenience for lovers of travel essays. It includes various types of travel essays from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, such as excerpts from Ma Cebo's "Record of the Imperial Sacrifice Ceremony" from the Eastern Han Dynasty and travel essays in parallel prose from the Six Dynasties. The main focus is on travel essays and prose after the Tang and Song Dynasties. We hope that readers will not only read and appreciate the excellent works of ancient Chinese travel essays but also gain an understanding of the development outline of ancient travel essays.