Rural China - Ancient Village in the Middle Reaches of Nanxi River

Author: Chen Zhihua (text), Li Yuxiang (photography)
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Publish Date: 1999-10-01
Features: In the scorching summer, at Fengcheng Pavilion at the end of Liushui Lake in Yantou Village, small stone slabs are quietly prepared with refreshing iced tea, and there is a at the pavilion corners for simple cooking. Golden straw sandals are hung on the pillars for travelers to change. Inside the pavilion, there is a couplet: "Tea awaits the affectionate guest, food is left for the righteous person." This quietly lingering, sparse rural sentiment is not a mystical Peach Blossom Spring paradise, but rather the ancient village along Nanxi River depicted by the renowned Chinese vernacular architecture scholar, the late Chen Zhihua. Such a book, such a scene—If you do not read it or visit it, what flavor does your current life still have?! This book aims to introduce China's traditional regional culture, spreading the essence of indigenous Chinese culture in the form of illustrated notes, reviving the distant historical scenes.