Architecture Solitary Journey · Ink and Wash People's Home

Author: Xiao Liu, Writer
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: "A Traveler's Notes on Architecture · Architectural Solitary Journey" is hailed as the first cultural travelogue in China themed on architecture. Xiao Liu, a young architect, embarked on his "Architectural Solitary Journey" in 1996, driven by his passion for ancient Chinese architecture. He traveled alone to many remote and secluded areas with distinctive vernacular architecture, witnessing the "poetically magnificent" ancient Chinese buildings across the vast land of China, as he described them. "Architectural Solitary Journey" depicts every place he visited and every building that moved him over the seven years. The numerous photographs and sketches in the book are also a major highlight. In Xiao Liu's three volumes of "Architectural Solitary Journey," the author is like an tireless junior brother, advancing one station at a time, trudging step by step, meticulously compiling and organizing his travel experiences, hardships, observations, and feelings, along with his photographs and sketches, to present to fellow architecture students and young friends who love architectural journeys. "Ink and People" includes "Footprints in Huizhou," "Footprints in Yongjia," and "Footprints in Shanxi," examining typical southern and northern Huizhou-style vernacular architecture and Shanxi grand courtyards, respectively. It also features "Remnants of the Nine Provinces," a collection of sporadic travels in Jiangnan and the capital. This route organization ensures that buildings along the same route share interconnected styles or even a lineage. Following such a route allows readers to understand architecture within a continuous cultural context.