Shan Shui China. Hunan Volume

Author: Duan Baolin, Jiang Rong (editors)
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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 elegant prose. It takes you into a — historical China, a humanistic China; lets you — sit and enjoy the landscapes, read and travel the world. This series of books has two key concepts: "landscape stories" and "landscape sentiments." The rich and diverse "stories" behind the mountains and waters 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, presenting everyone with a "comprehensive collection of landscape stories."
Landscape sentiment is a special cultural mindset formed by the ancestors of China in the long 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, historical sites, and landscape art, adding a rich classical poetic charm to the series.
As one volume of the "Landscape of China" illustrated series, this book provides a panoramic scan of Hunan Province's scenic spots, historical sites, legends and anecdotes, and local customs, accompanied by nearly 200 illustrations. With elegant prose and exquisite illustrations, it distinguishes itself from the current popular tourism guides that focus on information and academic works that study history and culture. The book offers a profound and substantial cultural depth and a subtle and fluent narrative style, allowing readers to savor the essence of "traveling through reading."