The Spring Festival, celebrated all over the world, laughter and warmth everywhere, this is a festival that belongs to every Chinese. Let's stop the busy pace for a while, reunite with the family, and share the joy of family.
Perhaps, taking advantage of the spring light, many people go out of their homes, walk the flower street, enjoy the lanterns, and see the richness and colorfulness of traditional culture in a rich festive atmosphere. Or, some people are already on the road, taking advantage of the rare vacation, to go to the long-awaited poetry and distance, to see the picturesque scenery, the great rivers and mountains.
For book lovers, the Spring Festival holiday is also a rare time to read. In the era of mobile Internet, we probably all have the same feeling, mobile phones and life are inextricably linked, bringing convenience to life, but also making our time become scattered and fragmented, and it is almost luxurious to calm down and read a book completely. Then, staying at home, you can take advantage of this rare free and complete time to open a book, enjoy your own time, and meet a wider and quieter world. Or, read with your child. Companionship is the best education.
From the recently published books, Xiaonan Booklist has selected and produced an issue of the long holiday book list for readers' reference, covering literature and art, travel, new knowledge and children's books. Flipping through books during the holidays is a beautiful and simple thing, and it is also recharging for life and accumulating energy for work.
I wish every reader a happy and peaceful holiday.
Gaze: My Photography and Life
Tim Yip
Beijing Beibet / Guangxi Normal University Press
February 2024
Tim Yip is an art director, costume designer, and visual artist who is known for his films, but many people don't know that he is also an excellent photographer. "Gaze: My Photography and Life" is Tim Yip's first collection of autobiographical photographic essays, which selects 109 representative works of different styles from various periods since the 80s of the last century, divided into four series: "Beauty", "Window", "All Beings" and "Strange Land", covering the real moments and reminiscences captured and recorded by the author in between film shoots and travels, and hooks up his artistic search for truth between film, stage and contemporary art. In his exquisite lens layout, stars such as Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, and Wong Zuxian show emotional states that are rarely known to the public.
Body and soul on the road
Liang Yongan
Guomai/Taibai Literature and Art Publishing House
September 2023
In the rich and colorful changes of civilization, every space is like a turning kaleidoscope, and there is a new picture every day. "Body and Soul on the Road" is Liang Yongan's new travel essay for 2023. The author takes the city as the horizontal axis and the time as the vertical axis, writes about the changes of the city, the review of history, the loveliness of life, and the future of youth, and selects the silhouette of the world and the silhouette of life from 100,000 photos to echo the mood and feelings when writing. The immediacy of words and images makes it easier for readers to go deeper into their thoughts. "A traveler is not a tourist, not a spectator. The traveler is the observer of mankind, who walks through the clouds and rains, and reads the joys and sorrows of the world, both in and outside it. ”
Transcendent Heart: The Extraordinary History of the Heart
Vincent S. by M. Figueiredo
Translated by Wu Zhongming
Unread / Guizhou People's Publishing House
October 2023
The heart produces enough energy in a day to drive a car 20 miles? The world's first trial of defibrillation happened to a chicken? Can strong emotions really break people's hearts? This book combs through the "heart timeline" throughout human history. Starting from the story of the heart at the beginning of civilization, it reviews how human understanding of the heart has evolved, and the special significance of the heart in medicine, philosophy, literature and art, and embarks on a wonderful journey of heart culture and science that spans 20,000 years, and re-understands the king of the heart.
"Sea Mistake Diagram Notes: Youth Edition"
Zhang Chenliang
CITIC Publishing Group
February 2024
Painted by Nie Huang, a Qing Dynasty painter and biology enthusiast, the Sea Mistake Map, which depicts more than 300 species of creatures, is a curious book in the style of modern naturalism. Since 2015, Zhang Chenliang has been identifying and interpreting the marine creatures depicted in the book, and launched the "Sea Mistake Notes" series. In order to meet the reading needs of young readers, "Notes on Sea Mistakes - Youth Edition" was born at the right time, from the identification of strange creatures to the introduction of China's coastal customs and customs, from marine culture to the dissemination of marine protection concepts, taking into account science and fun, naturalism and life. The book adds a column of marine biological knowledge and rare characters, and sorts out the map of marine biology, involving crustaceans, fish, algae and other biological groups.
The Dimension of Rural Revitalization
Written by Li Xiaoyun
Life, Reading, and New Knowledge
January 2024
This book is a condensed reflection and essay by Professor Li Xiaoyun of China Agricultural University based on his long-term practical experience in rural construction in Yunnan, Chongqing and other places. As a well-known development scientist in China, the author has carried out experimental rural construction practices in more than 30 villages in Yunnan and other places under the framework of government-led rural revitalization, trying to explore a way out for the modernization and transformation of rural areas through "alternative" practices. The value of "Dimensions of Rural Revitalization" lies in the author's cognition of the fundamental changes in the relationship between rural and urban areas, and his multi-dimensional analysis and practical insights, which provide readers with a panoramic framework for understanding the complexity and transformation of China's rural areas in the context of globalization.
"Asking Jiangnanxi"
Idiot
Yuefu Culture/Guangdong People's Publishing House
January 2024
This is an age of materialism, but also an era of spiritual reveal. When people pursue the external material life, they experience spiritual struggle and rejection, and when they pursue the pure spiritual life, they hear the fervent call of materialism. "Asking Jiang Nanxi" is a book of Chinese asking questions, and it is also a question about the meaning of life for modern people. The title of the novel asks about the characters and historical background that haunt it, implying the inheritance of Jiangxi's calligraphy culture. In addition to the protagonists Ye Changying and Chen Baosheng, there are also various characters on the way to "ask the question" in the novel, from Huairen to Bada Shanren to Fu Baoshi, from the lost artist to the singer in the twilight of the blind theater troupe, there are many ways to ask the question, each of which represents a kind of "I want to live like this" energy and thought.
"Knowing People Strategy: 30 Workplace Tips for Masters to Use"
Xiong Taixing
Beijing United Publishing Company
October 2023
Building outstanding personal abilities on the one hand and cultivating workplace relationships on the other hand are indispensable. "Strategies for Knowing People: 30 Workplace Tips Used by Masters" cites real workplace cases and analyzes 30 common faces in the workplace for readers. Why should people who ask for help in advance "cut off" them as soon as possible? What is the purpose of a miserable person? This book guides readers through the seemingly ordinary characters who may be potentially dangerous, explores the art of getting along with people with complex personalities, and identifies those allies and partners who are most worthy of cooperation and trust. More importantly, this book not only helps readers identify different people, but also emphasizes how to deal with interpersonal relationships in the workplace, improve their ability to interact with others, and respond flexibly to different scenarios.
"Chinese History Enlightenment Lesson for Children"
Written by Ma Yong Editor-in-Chief / Liu Yuanyuan
Magic Elephant / Guangxi Normal University Press
January 2024
"Chinese History Enlightenment Course for Children" is a set of Chinese history enlightenment books for children aged 7~12, aiming to stimulate children's interest and curiosity in Chinese history, in order to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of history, this set of books specially invited experts and scholars from Peking University, Tsinghua University and other 8 well-known universities and research institutions to review. This set of books starts from children's reading habits, the language is simple and concise, the stories are vivid, and they tell the major historical events of China's 13 historical stages, and the long history has become vivid and three-dimensional. In addition to the main line of historical stories, it is also interspersed with rich small columns, so that the long history becomes vivid and three-dimensional, and improves children's literary and historical literacy in multiple dimensions.
Southern + reporter Liu Weiming Dai Xueqing
【Authors】 Liu Weiming;Dai Xueqing
[Source] Southern Press Media Group Southern + client