Old Scenes of Yongkang (The Backview of Zhejiang Going Far from Zhejiang)

Author: Lu Dunji (Text), Li Yuxiang (Illustrations)
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This is a travel and cultural book that vividly introduces Yongkang, a small town in Zhejiang, with illustrations and text. Today, Yongkang has gradually become a county-level city renowned worldwide for its hardware industry. It is precisely this rapid transformation that makes people suddenly realize the value of almost stagnant traditional culture and makes them cherish the fading of the agricultural society. This impulse drives photographers to travel far to Yongkang in search of traces of old swallows' nests. It also makes the author meditate on the past days, trying to paint scattered scrolls of the desolate past. Especially in this era of changing fortunes, the peaceful past may just soothe our restless hearts.
When the industrial storm rose from the other side of the ocean, raged fiercely in the Southeast Asian Gulf, and suddenly landed on the southeastern coastal areas of the mainland, this quaint region was suddenly hit by a whirlwind and storm surge. People's composure returned, only to realize suddenly that this small place had suddenly entered the ranks of the top 100 county-level cities in the country. Rows upon rows of old houses were turned into ruins overnight, while new concrete buildings sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, growing rapidly and inevitably with an arrogant, disdainful posture, overlooking their outdated predecessors. In just over a decade of change, people have come to understand that the disappearance of tradition can be so simple. Today, Yongkang has gradually become a county-level city renowned worldwide for its hardware industry. It is precisely this rapid transformation that makes people suddenly realize the value of almost stagnant traditional culture and makes them cherish the fading of the agricultural society. This impulse drives photographers to travel far to Yongkang in search of traces of old swallows' nests. It also makes the author meditate on the past days, trying to paint scattered scrolls of the desolate past. Especially in this era of changing fortunes, the peaceful past may just soothe our restless hearts.