Grand View of Hunan-Xiang Culture

Author: Wang Chi, Liu Mingtai, Liu Keli (editors)
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Publishing Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Hunan-Xiang culture is a particularly exquisite and unique branch of traditional Chinese culture. It inherits the essence of ancient Central Plains culture while absorbing the characteristics of Ba, Yue, and Chu cultures, thus forming its own distinctive features. The emergence of the Hunan-Xiang cultural school during the Southern Song Dynasty laid the foundation for the scale and development of Hunan-Xiang culture. This book narrates the prosperity and growth of Hunan-Xiang culture, as well as its characteristics in the modern era. By the modern period, Hunan-Xiang culture achieved unprecedented prosperity and development. The modern Hunan produced a succession of outstanding talents who significantly influenced the development of modern Chinese history, which is inseparable from the extraordinary flourishing and advancement of modern Hunan-Xiang culture.