Rural Tourism -- China's Rural Architecture Series

Author: Lou Qingxi (Photography), Cheng Yan (Writing)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Rural Architecture Research Group of the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University has accumulated over 20,000 rural photographs through years of investigation. These photographs serve as primary materials for understanding China's rural art. Professor Lou Qingxi selected over 200 of them, and Dr. Cheng Yan wrote the accompanying text, providing professional and artistically moving descriptions of ten aspects of rural art: landscapes, village entrances, residential buildings, temples, stubborn stones, doors and windows, beam structures, roofs, craftsmanship, and daily life. Professor Lou Qingxi is renowned for his architectural photography, while Dr. Cheng Yan is celebrated for his elegant writing. Whether reading the images or the text, the experience of this book will be a journey of artistic enjoyment.