Open a new column "Love To Read", record the books I have read, mainly in the historical geography of cultural relics and monuments, three books per series, I hope that you can have a little reference to the book selection and reading
The first series introduces three books: "Archaeological Research on the Yungang Grottoes", "The Provider of the Longmen Grottoes", and "Investigation of the Tang Dynasty Buddhist Hall-shaped Combined Statue Tower in the Eastern Central Plains"
[1] Before going to the Yungang Grottoes, is to appreciate the statue from the perspective of art, the discovery and research of Yungang There are many little-known stories, you can read this "Archaeological Research on the Yungang Grottoes", the author is the Japanese scholar Okamura Hidenori, Xu Xiaoshu translation, this book is not a popular reading, but to the research process of Yungang in the past few decades as the main line, presenting the academic perspective of Yungang, the opening of the book is relatively small, the weight is also very light, long time in the hand will not feel tired, like this kind of open book. Sichuan People's Publishing House, published in 2021
[II] Longmen Grottoes left a large number of merit inscriptions, behind which are many providers, combing the story of the provider, is the most direct material for interpreting ancient society, even more direct than the history of the main history, this "Longmen Grottoes Donor" is not to explain the statue, nor to explain the big history, but to feel the history through the story of the donor, the author is the American scholar Ni Yamei, Chen Chaoyang translation, Zhonghua Bookstore, published in 2020