Mountains and Rivers of China: Hunan Volume

Author: Duan Baolin, Jiang Rong
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Chinese Landscape, Landscape of China. With a grand collection of twenty volumes, featuring exquisite illustrations and vivid literary style. It takes you into a — Historical China, Cultural China; lets you — sit and enjoy the landscapes, read and explore the world. This series of books has two key themes: "Landscape Stories" and "Landscape Sentiments." The rich and diverse "stories" behind every mountain and river are the main characteristics of Chinese landscapes. Due to the long-standing civilization and historical heritage, as well as the long-term 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."
"Landscape Sentiments" is 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 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, historic sites, and landscape art, adding a rich classical poetic charm to the series.
The book is divided into five parts: Changsha Journey, Yueyang Journey, Nanyue Journey, Southern Hunan Journey, and Western Hunan Journey. The main content includes: Changsha, Yuelu Academy, Mao Zedong’s Former Residence, Yueyang, Lu Su’s Tomb, Yongzhou, Peach Blossom Spring, and more.