In accordance with the unified principle of "value orientation, expert opinions, market performance, mass reputation, and quality standards", 10 kinds of 2021 "Annual Xiang Edition Good Books" selected by the Hunan Provincial Office of Reading Activities for the Whole People were recently released.
The 10 kinds of books are "Red Homeland - A Guide to Visiting the Patriotic Education Base of Hunan Province", "Revolutionary Poetry and Painting", "Huxiang Heroic Martyrs Story Series (Fourth Series)", "Questions of the Times: China's Answer: Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind", "China Orbit", "October Land", "China Bird Observation Manual", "Comics The War between Humans and Viruses", "Our Inventions, Their Inventions", and "The Tiredness of Waking Alone".
1. "Red Homeland - A Guide to Visiting patriotic education bases in Hunan Province"
Chief editor of the Propaganda Department of the Hunan Provincial CPC Committee
Hunan People's Publishing House
A concise but with attitude, temperature and strength, the reader can get close to the red history, immerse themselves in the scene, and truly feel the brilliant glory of "there will be herbs within ten steps" in Huxiang Land. The panorama displays 158 patriotic education bases at or above the provincial level in Hunan, and through the setting up of content chapters such as base snapshots and historical traces, as well as interactive columns such as route recommendation, visit guidance, and authoritative strategy, pictures and texts are connected to create a magnificent and magnificent red picture of Huxiang.
2. "Revolutionary Poetry and Painting"
Jin Chen, Editor-in-Chief
Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House
100 majestic and magnificent revolutionary poems and 100 ingenious red paintings lead us to relive the era of blood and fire, and lead us to review the revolutionary history that can be sung and wept. This is living history, a vivid teaching material that history has given to young people; this is the spark of ideals at critical moments, and it is the poetry and painting of the highest realm. At the same time, a number of woodcut prints from the Yan'an Luyi period in the 1940s, which had never been published, made their debut.
3. "Huxiang Heroic Martyrs Story Series (Fourth Series)"
Luo Zhiyuan, Xiao Xiangna, Zhou Weiwen, etc
This book uses storytelling to tell the life stories of heroes and martyrs who either stained the battlefield with national blood, died in the field, or struggled for ideals, struggled and searched hard, or turned the tide for the country and stood up. One after another lofty life trajectory condensed into a period of heroic and daring to die in the years of the fire. They are the heroes of Huxiang, they are the backbone of the republic, and they are eternal memories that should be remembered.
4. "The Question of the Times, China's Answer: Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind"
Wang Yiyi
With a broad vision, a broad mind, and a profound culture, this book integrates Chinese and Western history and culture from the three dimensions of time, space and itself, and makes a vivid and profound discussion of fundamental issues such as "what is a community of human destiny", "why build a community of human destiny", "how to build a community of human destiny", multi-disciplinary, multi-perspective and all-round answer to the necessity and urgency of building a community of human destiny, contribute Chinese wisdom to the world, and let the world understand today's China!
5. "China Orbit"
See and hear jun
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House
From the "International Locomotive" to the "Fuxing High-speed Railway", from the zero-kilometer foundation to the 146,300-kilometer railway network, China's rail transit has "run" for 140 years. In this century-old history of the development of China's railways, it contains national hatred and family hatred, salvation and survival, the rise and fall of ideological trends, and is intertwined with the game of great powers, national rejuvenation, and turmoil. This is the history of exploration of China's road, and it is also the history of rejuvenation of the rise of the nation.
6. "October's Land"
Tsuko wai
The story starts from the perspective of a child who is on the verge of life and death due to cholera, and begins a magnificent national history. From his eyes, he saw the right and wrong of the chaotic era, saw the cold and warm feelings of the war years, and also saw the national righteousness in the country's peril. Warlords and rivers and lakes, squires and families, peasants and land, from the story of the love and hatred of the three generations of the Zhang family, in the long and thick historical corridor, show the "new life" of traditional farmers in new China. This is the land of the farmers, this is the land of October, and this is also our land.
7. Handbook of Chinese Bird Observation
Liu Yang, Chen Shuihua, editor-in-chief
Hunan Science and Technology Press
There are 1491 species of birds in China, how many do you know? New, this from 0 to 1, China's first original bird watching book with a chirping sound and full hand painting! 4,000 scientific illustrations, 800 species of bird species chirping, 14 experts and scholars with excellent academic and bird watching skills in China, and 21 high-level natural art hand painters in China, take you to count the "home base" of Chinese birds, enjoy the fun and sense of achievement of bird watching. Three-dimensional art shows Chinese birds, sows the seeds of wisdom of scientific enlightenment, and dedicates it to you who love birds and nature!
8. "Comics Human War with Viruses"
Yuan Da, Zhou Jing, cao yang painting
Hunan Children's Publishing House
In this serious popular science comic that makes you laugh to the beat, you can see the history of human beings and smallpox viruses, influenza viruses, rabies viruses, hepatitis B viruses, coronaviruses and other viruses for many years, humorously unveil the mystery of the virus, and reflect on how human beings and natural things coexist in harmony. Not all knowledge is boring, don't believe, you read!
9. "Our Inventions, Their Inventions"
Shi Yunli, editor-in-chief; Zhou Zhe
Gunpowder, silk, smelting iron, compass, clock... When ancient Chinese civilization and Western civilization met, what kind of sparks would collide? The answers to the questions meet us one by one in the book. The "Chinese gunpowder" found in the refining of Dan medicine spread to Europe and triggered social changes, and the ancient silk that was as thin as a cicada's wings was shipped to the West and triggered the silk war... Tracing back to the roots, learning from the past and the present, horizontally comparing the development trajectory of Chinese and Western science, and exploring the integration and exchange of Eastern and Western civilizations vertically. These inventions have shaped our history and will shape our future.
10. "The Tiredness of Waking Up Alone"
By Meng Ze
Yuelu Book Club
A setback to the world, a tragic life of a lone pioneer. In Guo Songtao's ups and downs in life experience, the fates of Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and other military and political celebrities were connected, reflecting the political situation of the late Qing Dynasty where contradictions were intertwined. Return to the historical scene, return to the traditional society, return to the true humanity of flesh and blood. Through the persistence and struggle of this "loser", we can clearly see the choices and fates of different characters in the "three thousand years of unprecedented changes", and we can also understand the difficulties and hopes of that generation of people who have opened their eyes to the world.