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Cities, buildings and customs carry our lives and, like us, have memories.
They are also a living body, a historical and cultural city, an ancient building that has survived to this day, an interesting custom, their life span is thousands of years, and there will be thousands of rings that confirm their life span.
Chronicle of ancient bridges in China
Mr. Mao Yisheng once said that "bridges are the cultural characteristics of a country", and the ancient bridges in China are the testimony of ancient Chinese civilization and contain the essence of thousands of years of traditional culture. Mr. Kong Qingpu, a senior engineer, is a representative figure in the study of ancient bridges, and he has always been committed to this field since he joined the work. This book is the crystallization of Mr. Kong's life's work, based on all the materials related to the ancient bridge in his hands, aiming to play its due role in the research and protection of the ancient bridge. The imprint of the ancient bridge is gradually fading away, but the footsteps of researchers have not stopped, in the land of China, the appearance of the city is changing day by day, with the memories of this book can trace back to the old images of the ancient bridge, which is also the most precious gift left to us by predecessors.
The book contains a total of 1749 ancient bridge materials, which not only records the technical data, structural form and construction method of the ancient bridge, but also conducts technical appraisal of some ancient bridges with complex structures. Combined with his more than 40 years of work experience, the author inspected the ancient bridges in the country, including those that have been demolished and abandoned, as long as there is information to check, they are included in it, which can be said to be the most comprehensive ancient bridge history.
Beijing subway station is famous
This book is the first work on the culture of subway stations in China, which fills the gap that no city in China has systematically compiled the names of subway stations from the perspective of literature and history, and introduced the palms of the 22 lines and about 350 station names that have been opened in Beijing so far, including station location, station name origin, historical evolution, landscape customs, regional culture, interesting anecdotes, etc.
The whole book is arranged in the order of the line, starting from line 1 to the end of the airport line, with sufficient historical materials, vivid language, concise text, and easy to read. At the same time, the book is also equipped with more than 100 old photos, helping readers to more intuitively appreciate the historical features before the construction of each subway station.
The name of the subway station is not only the title of the subway station, but also the geographical and cultural symbol of Beijing, and it is also part of the intangible cultural heritage. This book integrates knowledge, practicality, popularity, and interest, and can be called a miniature encyclopedia of Beijing's humanistic history.
Tree Shadow Pigeon Man
Hutong Beijing's fun and nostalgia
Hutongs are the roots of Beijingers and the cultural context of Beijing City, where there are the most authentic lives and memories of old Beijingers. The famous painter Kang Han and the Beijing folklore expert Lu Yuan have joined hands again for ten years, and nearly 100 new works of hutongs with unique techniques have been integrated with nearly 100 plump and timeless hutong biographies, perfectly presenting a weathered hutong Beijing to readers. Each alley is like a thick epic, recording the glory and disgrace of history and telling a moving past.
Map of Beijing Customs
The colorful version of the "Map of Beijing Customs" widely reflects folk customs such as folk traditional activities, wedding and funeral sacrifice ceremonies, daily necessities, clothing and food, entertainment, drama, and skills with more than 100 colored paintings. At the same time, the description of each painting draws on ancient and modern documents, and elaborates on its relationship with social customs, history and culture.
The editor of this book, Masao Aoki, one of the leaders of the Kyoto School in the field of Sinology in Japan, asked the painter Liu Yannian to draw a map of Beijing customs during a study tour in Beijing in 1925, and then the customs research expert Michio Uchida made a detailed "illustration" and delivered it to the Japanese Ordinary Society for publication. Nearly a hundred years later, the "Map of Beijing Customs" was finally introduced and published for the first time in China.
Today, Beijing is a modern metropolis. In the second lock to put the French boat and river lamp, to Taoran Pavilion Chongyang ascended, to the Liuli Factory to participate in the Factory City Festival, to Fulong Temple to watch the lively temple fair... These times seem to be far away, but the existence of the Beijing Customs Atlas reminds people that these customs are still there and will always be.
One city and 4 relocations
Childhood memories after the flower nails
Born in Hohhot in 1958, the author moved with his parents four times as a child, recalling his unforgettable past in the year of Hua Jia.
Set against the background of an ordinary family, the work describes in detail the experience and process of each move, skillfully and truly reflects the neighborhoods and scenes of Qingcheng in the 1950s and 1970s, some important events and development changes that occurred, and carefully describes various scenes such as city life, children's games, commodity prices, human sophistication, climate change, family conditions, and social landscapes. At the same time, the author also takes the father's assignment to work in the field and the formation of the separation between the two places as a clue (which is also the author's main childhood experience), which records the vicissitudes of Ordos.
The structure of the work is rigorous and complete, the writing is relaxed and free, simple and smooth, sincere, true, true, vivid, full of innocence and childlike fun, plain and humorous, both literary and documentary, is a true portrayal of the lives of ordinary people; it should also be the first documentary literary work dedicated to hohhot, a famous city outside Cyprus. In short: an unforgettable childhood memory; a historical change in a city.
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