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基本信息
·出版社：Foreign Language Press
·页码：245 页码
·出版日：2006年
·ISBN：7119041215
·条码：9787119041216
·版次：2006-01-01
·装帧：平装
·开本：16开 16开
内容简介
It is easy to have a quick look at China's past and present, but it takes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The "Panoramic China" series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, in this respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province, municipality or autonomous region, describing, with illustrations, the outstanding characteristics of each area from different perspectives.
Guangdong Province is a beautiful and lively province in South China. Perched on the Tropic of Cancer and nurtured by a warm subtropical climate, Guangdong enjoys lush greenery all the year round. In the past, Guangdong was always in the forefront of modernization trends in China, and opening-up, Guangdong still acts as a trailblazer for inland China. The Guangdong people, once known as Cantonese in English, have traditionally been known for their spirit of daring to explore the new and unknown.
In the past twenty-odd years in particular, Guangdong has taken a bold lead for the entire nation, and made a tremendous leap in its economic development. It has gathered the cream of both Chinese and international cultures, and has again become the forerunner of the spectacular tidal wave of China’s modernization and opening up to the outside world.
This book will escort you into Guangdong, to see the marvelous scenes of China’s economic forefront, to witness its local conditions and social customs, to feel its human life and natural scenery, and to enjoy its spectacular green hills and jade-green waters.
目录
1.The Human Face of Guangdong
2.The Charming Peal River Delta
3.Travel in Guangdong
Appendices
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文摘
书摘
Introduction
China has 23 provinces, four municipalities directly under the Central Government, five autonomous regions and two special administrative regions. Due to geographic and topographical differences and climatic varieties, each area has its own unique natural scenery. The mountains in the north of the country are rugged, the Gobi in the northwest shines brilliantly in the sunlight, the hills in the southeast are often shrouded in floating fog, green waves of sorghum and soybean crops undulate over the vast fields of the northeast, and the mountains in the southwest, with sequestered villages and terraced fields, look tranquil and picturesque.
There are 56 ethnic groups in China. The Han, making up the overwhelming majority of the population, mainly live in the eastern and central parts of the country, while many ethnic groups, regardless of size, are equal and respect each other. Each ethnic group has its own folk customs, religious beliefs and cultural traditions, and most use their own language and script. Regional autonomy is practiced in areas where ethnic minorities live in compact communities. All the ethnic groups call themselves “Chinese.” They are courteous and friendly. In the ethnic-minority areas, the quiet environment, quaint buildings, exquisite fashions, unsophisticated folk customs and hospitality of the local people hold a great appeal to visitors from afar.
China boasts 5,000 years of recorded civilization and a brilliant culture. The country is home to such world-renowned cultural treasures as the Great Wall, terracotta warriors and horses of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang, and Ming and Qing imperial palace and mausoleums, and large numbers of ancient architectural masterpieces, including temples, Buddhist pagodas, residential buildings, gardens, bridges, city walls and irrigation works. There are also cultural relics unearthed from ancient sites, including painted po
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