At the beginning of the new year,
Following the city biography "Guangzhou Biography",
"Flintlock" book
Grand launch of the annual gift dedicated to Chaozhou
- "The Legend of Chaozhou".
Chen Pingyuan, a professor at the Department of Chinese of Peking University and a well-known scholar, wrote a bookmark for the biography of his hometown city, "The Biography of Chaozhou".
"'The Biography of Chaozhou' is the spiritual genealogy of the Chaozhou people, the history of Chaozhou's urban construction, the history of Chaozhou commerce, the history of the lives of the Chaozhou people, the cultural history of Chaozhou, and it is also a general history of Chaozhou with beautiful writing and easy to read." Wang Quan, the editor-in-charge, commented, "To be able to write a city biography to tears is indeed a deep emotional injection; to establish a biography of a city from the perspective of ordinary people is the concrete embodiment of the people's view of history." ”
With rich and detailed historical materials, beautiful and affectionate brushstrokes, rigorous and credible historical quotations, and large prose tones, "Chaozhou Biography" shows the details of the people's livelihood of the cultural Chaozhou, and establishes the biography of the Chaozhou culture, aiming to show its historical details and the details of the people's livelihood. The book is divided into dynasties, interspersed with four threads.
The first is the change of urban form: for example, how the city of Chaozhou came from scratch, and how its cities, buildings, and streets have changed over the centuries. The second is the change of life form: especially the style of people's dress in different eras, how the cuisine has evolved more and more exquisite and delicious; what classes of people live in the streets and alleys, and even what surnames live in what places, how these people's homes have changed; the structure, decoration, use and differences of famous buildings and ordinary houses have detailed descriptions; and the unique customs and festivals of Chaozhou folk are also described in detail.
The third is the change of economic form: what did Chaozhou develop, the development process and changes of commercial development at home and abroad, and the production and sales of small commodities, all written from the cultural origins, and it is interesting to read for a long time. The fourth is the change of cultural form: including Chaozhou culture, education, folk arts and crafts, etc.; this is the author's more focused content in the book, but also a highlight of Chaozhou local culture, folk admiration for culture, creating a unique and long-standing cultural characteristics of the region.
Huang Guoqin, the author of the seventy-year-old, is a native of Chaozhou, and his love for Chaozhou is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and his dedication to his hometown Chaozhou is a strong desire in his heart. Huang Guoqin is now a member of the Chinese Writers Association, a member of the Presidium of the Guangdong Writers Association, a first-class writer, a member of the Presidium of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literary and Literary Circles, the chairman of the Chaozhou Literary Association and the chairman of the Chaozhou Writers Association, and the editor-in-chief of the "Hanjiang" literary magazine. He has won many domestic awards such as the Chinese Contemporary Prose Award, the First Qin Mu Prose Award of Guangdong Province, the First and Second Prose Awards of Guangdong Province, and the Third National Xu Xiake Travels Literature Award.
It is reported that "The Biography of Chaozhou" was planned and published by Wang Quan, the initiator of the Guangdong People's Publishing House's "Fu Ren Shi" book, and has published 16 kinds of books in two series, including "Guangzhou Biography" and "Humanistic Wisdom Translation Series". The upcoming "Biography of Zhongshan", "Biography of Guangzhou" (Concise Edition), "Biography of Dunhuang", "Biography of Liangzhou", etc. all belong to the urban biography series.
The Biography of Chaozhou is a hardcover edition with 460,000 words, more than 700 pages, and 40 exquisite illustrations.
Guangdong People's Publishing House
Author: Huang Guoqin
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Bo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Wu Bo
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Li Yani