Local China · Ancient Village in the Middle Reaches of Nanxi River

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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: On a scorching summer day, in Fengcheng Pavilion at the end of Liushui Lake in Yantou Village, there are cool summer drinks served on quiet stone slabs. The pavilion corners also have firewood stoves for simple cooking. Golden straw sandals are hung on the pillars, ready for travelers to change into. Inside the pavilion, there is a couplet: "Tea awaits the affectionate guest, food is left for the righteous person." This quiet and sparse rural sentiment is not a hallucinatory paradise of peach blossoms, but rather the ancient village along Nanxi River depicted by the renowned Chinese vernacular architecture scholar, Professor Chen Zhihua. Such a book and such a scene—if you choose neither to read nor to visit, what flavor will your current life have?! This book aims to introduce China's traditional regional culture; in the form of illustrated notes, it spreads the essence of Chinese indigenous culture to the public, reviving the distant historical scenes.