With traces of historical memory, pictures of historical value, let the reader listen to the narrative as if he were in that era

The role of illustration in books cannot be ignored, and this sentence does not stop at the so-called "era of reading pictures". What's more, I don't agree with the reference to the "age of reading pictures".

When I was a child, I read books from the bookshelf of the elders, there was no "little man book", and the illustrations of the books were very few, but most of the illustrations were from the hands of famous artists, which matched with books of both literary quality and beauty, with the characteristics of image and intuitiveness, and were an organic part of books. I had no choice but to read it. When I was 11 years old, I learned to ride a bicycle, taking my playmates of the same age in the compound of the prefectural party dormitory, riding bicycles from Quanzhou to the rental stall of "Little People's Books" in Qingyang, Jinjiang, reading two books for one penny, until I emptied the pocket money I had saved for three years.

The practical value of the picture illustrations of the book can make me vivid, vivid, and concrete to understand the plot and master the knowledge in the new, strange, strange and historical situations, so as to achieve the purpose of helping to understand. I've always loved it.

The role of illustration in today's books, I think, is, first of all, to help understand how the text in the book accurately and vividly describes things. Secondly, illustrations can help deepen the understanding of the context of the inner text era, so as to grasp the author's thoughts and feelings. Third, illustrations can help grasp the image of the person and the state of things. Finally, illustrations can also help to deeply understand the central idea of the article.

When I was compiling "The Best of Tea", I paid special attention to using illustrations from different angles to specifically, graphically, and intuitively prompt important contents in a certain aspect, so that readers can understand the content of the work with the help of illustrations. "The Best of Tea", 93 selected pictures, the so-called selection is that the selected pictures must be: with traces of historical memory, it is a picture of historical value, which can make people listen to the narrative as if they were in that era. Among the 93 pictures, there are 43 public maps and 50 selfie pictures, accounting for 55%. There are 50 selfie pictures, of which 39 are exclusive photos with particular historical value, accounting for nearly 80%. The cost of this investment is very large, high enough to exceed the cost of one edition and one print, but it is very unique and precious. Thus giving readers who pay for books with super value, and making the illustrations of "The Best of Tea" achieve their purpose: it is conducive to stimulating readers' interest in learning, helping to cultivate readers' imagination ability, and conducive to developing readers' creativity and personality.

I sincerely put my "always" love it since I was a child. "The feelings, through the compilation of "The Best of Tea" selected pictures, to share with readers, this is also a belief of mine.

Author Chen Weiqun (Editor-in-Chief of "Chinese Tea Culture Classic Series" series, Editor of "The Best of Tea")

Note: The first book of the "Chinese Tea Culture Classic Series", "The Best of Tea", was published by China Forestry Publishing House