LEADER 03833nam 2200541 450 001 9910137112503321 005 20170925183938.0 010 $a1-61902-884-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000776634 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001693567 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16542981 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001693567 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14946396 035 $a(PQKB)25088416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4601334 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000776634 100 $a20160824h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSouth of the Yangtze $etravels through the heart of China /$fBill Porter 210 1$aBerkeley, California :$cCounterpoint,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) $cillustrations, map, photographs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-61902-734-8 330 2 $a"Chinese civilization first developed 5,000 years ago in North China along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. And the Yellow River remained the center of Chinese civilization for the next 4,000 years. Then a thousand years ago, this changed. A thousand years ago, the center of Chinese civilization moved to the Yangtze. And the Yangtze, not the Yellow River, has remained the center of its civilization. A thousand years ago, the Chinese came up with a name for this new center of its civilization. They called it Chiangnan, meaning 'South of the River,' the river in question, of course, being the Yangtze. The Chinese still call this region Chiangnan. Nowadays it includes the northern parts of Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces and the southern parts of Anhui and Kiangsu. And some would even add the northern part of Hunan. But it's not just a region on the map. It's a region in the Chinese spirit. It's hard to put it into words. Ask a dozen Chinese what 'Chiangnan' means, and they'll give you a dozen different answers. For some the word conjures forests of pine and bamboo. For others, they envision hillsides of tea, or terraces of rice, or lakes of lotuses and fish. Or they might imagine Zen monasteries, or Taoist temples, or artfully-constructed gardens, or mist-shrouded peaks. Oddly enough, no one ever mentions the region's cities, which include some of the largest in the world. Somehow, whatever else it might mean to people, Chiangnan means a landscape, a landscape and a culture defined by mist, a landscape and a culture that lacks the harder edges of the arid North. In the fall of 1991, Bill Porter decided to travel through this vaporous land, following the old post roads that still connected its administrative centers and scenic wonders, its most famous hometowns and graves, its factories and breweries, its dreamlike memories and its mist, and he was joined on this journey by his poet and photographer friends, Finn Wilcox and Steve Johnson. South of the Yangtze is a record in words and black and white images of their trip"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aLandscapes$zChina$zYangtze River Region 606 $aBlack-and-white photography$zChina$zYangtze River Region 607 $aYangtze River Region (China)$xDescription and travel 607 $aYangtze River Region (China)$xHistory, Local 607 $aYangtze River Region (China)$xSocial life and customs 607 $aYangtze River Region (China)$vPictorial works 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLandscapes 615 0$aBlack-and-white photography 676 $a951.2 686 $aTRV003020$2bisacsh 700 $aPorter$b Bill$f1943-$01137724 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910137112503321 996 $aSouth of the Yangtze$92892685 997 $aUNINA