Where is Xizhou? -- Poetic Narrative of Jiangnan Culture

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Features: The "aesthetic-lyric" function in the Chinese national character thrives best in the culture of Jiangnan. Since aesthetic existence represents the highest ideal of individual life, it can also be said that the Chinese culture with an early emergence and profound accumulation of humanistic spirit has achieved its highest logical stage in the Jiangnan lyric culture. From a modern perspective, as Jiangnan lyric culture represents a rare individualistic factor in Chinese culture, it also has the potential to become a traditional humanistic resource for enlightening and nurturing the individuality of the Chinese nation. In the unstoppable yet extremely unbalanced process of globalization, Jiangnan lyric culture has suffered more distortion and alienation than any other regional culture in China. Their true circumstances are easily reminiscent of the "remaining mountains and waters" of Song and Yuan Dynasty painters, and all we can do is preserve those classical fragments we particularly cherish on paper. If these narratives, as delicate as dreams and as gentle as fine rain, can provide a reference for people to gain a deeper understanding of "the lovable Jiangnan," that would be exactly what the author of this book expects and strives for.