Modern Fairy Tale of Hangzhou

Author: Beijing Book Distribution Department
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Publish Date: 2006-04-29
Features: Following What Makes People Happy and Exploring Ningbo, author Chen Zuofen has compiled her life experiences in Hangzhou for half a year into this report literature titled Modern Fairy Tale of Hangzhou, focusing on the city as its main subject. However, it is not a typical report literature. Describing West Lake's landscapes, it integrates this overwhelming beauty into a person, an event, a scene, or a moment, within the context of globalization. The book, with over 200,000 words, is divided into eight chapters: "Where Is Hangzhou, Happiness Index, The Gentle Man of Water, Andersen in Hangzhou, Urban Countdown, Restoring the Lake, The Boss's Symphony, and Sesame Open," comprehensively showcasing Hangzhou's achievements since the reform and opening-up and its charm as the Eastern Leisure Capital and an international tourist city. It's like gently pushing open a window to reveal boundless outside worlds. Modern Fairy Tale of Hangzhou seems to be such a window—it is not a book that solely writes about West Lake's landscapes. Beyond the landscapes, there are people. This book features numerous Hangzhou residents, both ordinary and famous. A shop owner in Meijiawu, a choir from Huanglong Cave, Zhu Jinkun, the head of the West Lake Tunnel project, Jack Ma of Alibaba, and countless Hangzhou volunteers. It is a new key to understanding Hangzhou, allowing readers to feel its inner essence and vibrant pulse.