China Famous Residences Study Tour: Shaoxing Volume. Qingteng's Folly

Author: Reading Pictures Era
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Shaoxing is a city of black and white. Black is the soaring eaves of old-style tianmen, with bold lines that never fade under the erosion of time, exuding an unyielding solemnity. White is the silent, standing courtyard walls, weathered and, facing shadows in the changing sunlight, turning all past hardships into faint murmurs. Black is the pattern woven with longing, deeply etched into the martyrs' tombstones, illuminated by lightning that tears through the sky, kissed by the wind and rain that fill the heavens. White is the flowers of this season, nestled with crystal-clear dew and lush new grass, offering pure beauty. Black is the sunless corners of winding rivers, deep and quiet, as if burying the splendid wishes of a thousand years ago. White is the overlapping footprints on the stone arch bridges, scattered by the wind, leaving only a faint scent of earth, gone, then returning.