Infographic of Traditional Chinese Industries

Author: Li Lulu
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Publishing Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book recreates the activities of China's traditional three hundred and sixty trades through vivid visual materials such as reliefs on stone and brick, murals, illustrations in ancient books, farming and weaving illustrations, and relevant industry images in paintings. Additionally, it includes lively images from New Year prints, paper figurines, and shop signs. The book also pays attention to industry gods, such as Shennong, Xiling Shi, Lu Ban, and Huang Daopo, who are depicted as flesh-and-blood historical figures and inventors. These image materials provide new sources for historical research. Illustrated Traditional Chinese Trades is printed in pure quality paper with full-color illustrations, featuring images paired with text and vice versa for easy understanding. The book summarizes and categorizes China's ancient three hundred and sixty trades into fifteen major categories based on their social functions. From a vast collection of ancient visual materials, it selects over five hundred industry images, accompanied by corresponding shop scenes and labor settings, to introduce the origins, development, characteristics, and related culture of traditional Chinese trades, giving readers a basic understanding and appreciation of ancient Chinese industries.
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