Along the Yangtze River, see China

Author: Tang Tao
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The water element is the source of world civilization. Every time I travel to a place, I check whether there are rivers or lakes. A city or a village, if it only has streets and lacks rivers, is like a mountain with only bare rocks and no flowing water, lacking vitality and spirit. My travel coordinates are first set in one of the cradles of Chinese civilization—the Yangtze River, settling in the Yangtze River Basin to explore the civilization and historical and cultural background of the cities and mountains in the basin. Every high mountain, every tributary, every plain, and every city hides an inexhaustible Chinese civilization, surging with a history that people admire and legendary stories of ancient ancestors. The land along the Yangtze River, over the five thousand years of its long history, has left us magnificent pictures. The Yangtze River Basin has 185 cities, and the 17 chapters in this book cover only a fraction of the scenery along the Yangtze River, but they still allow readers to fully appreciate the beauty of the cities along its banks. As the name suggests, this book tells the famous scenic spots and folk customs of the cities along the Yangtze River. There are 17 chapters in total, with beautiful language, charming scenery, profound cultural connotations, and is worth reading for a wide range of readers, especially those who love traveling and scholars of humanities.