Water-Poetry: A Guide to Famous Chinese Scenic Spots in Poetry

Author: Yu Xuecai
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: The series "Poetry and Scenery of Chinese Tourist Attractions" was compiled with the aim of inheriting and promoting traditional Chinese tourism culture while serving the modern tourism industry. It focuses on landscape aesthetics and poetry appreciation as its main thread, covering numerous aspects such as historical figures, historical events, religion, culture, politics, education, science and technology, astronomy, geography, and art. It organically integrates the functions of tour guide commentary, leisure culture, and reference material. The compilation team of this series included over 100 authors from all over the country. Despite this, the series still falls short in terms of the comprehensiveness of the attractions and the depth of its content. This is partly because our great motherland has an incredibly rich heritage of scenic spots, making it impossible to encompass everything in a single manuscript. On the other hand, compared to the diversity and vibrancy of these scenic attractions, the words at our disposal seem pale and inadequate.