壯麗中華

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13世紀(jì)中葉，一位英俊的西方少年歷盡艱辛從威尼斯來到太平洋西岸、亞洲東方的中國，他的目光里充滿了對這片迷人土地的好奇和摯愛。他以客座官員身份在這里逗留了17年之后，回到了他的故鄉(xiāng)，撰寫了4卷229章的《馬可·波羅行紀(jì)》， 轟動了整個歐洲，膾炙人口，經(jīng)久流傳，編織著幾百年來西方友人的東方之夢。
    現(xiàn)代人幾乎難以想象，馬可·波羅在那個沒有汽車、火車和飛機(jī)的年代里游歷中國的艱難，因?yàn)檫@個國家的幅員是如此的遼闊，土地是如此的廣袤。但是，現(xiàn)代人卻可以想象得到，當(dāng)年馬可·波羅面對中國時的那份驚奇和感嘆。中國，是個神奇的國家，在這一點(diǎn)上，現(xiàn)代人肯定能和他達(dá)成共識。
    18世紀(jì)的大哲學(xué)家黑格爾曾經(jīng)寫到：“太陽－光明－從東方升起來”，而“中國是特別東方的”，所以，他認(rèn)為，世界的歷史始于中國。這當(dāng)然只是他的理念。但中國的確是人類的發(fā)祥地之一，是世界上最早的文明古國之一。伴隨著悠久長遠(yuǎn)的歷史，是對人類文明進(jìn)程發(fā)揮重要推動作用的輝煌燦爛的中華文化，為世界奉獻(xiàn)了一串串令人驕傲的歷史瑰寶。
    中國的大地上，分布著無數(shù)處大自然所慷慨賜予的神奇、壯麗的風(fēng)光美景。中國古代的藝術(shù)家們，創(chuàng)造了一種獨(dú)特的繪畫形式，即“中國畫”，它的主要特征是通過對風(fēng)景與人物關(guān)系的描繪，表現(xiàn)中國古代“天人合一”的觀念，追求人與自然的和諧，注重自然景觀與人文景觀的結(jié)合。實(shí)際上，中國的景觀就正是一幅幅這樣的中國畫。歷史、文化和自然風(fēng)光的完美結(jié)合，構(gòu)成了中國景觀的獨(dú)特魅力，使其具有了極高的欣賞價值，也引起了世界的廣泛注意和承認(rèn)。1987年以來，中國已有16處自然景區(qū)和文化古跡被聯(lián)合國教科文組織列入《世界遺產(chǎn)名錄》。其中包括：本世紀(jì)乘宇宙飛船抵達(dá)月球的宇航員用肉眼所能看到的地球上兩處人造工程之一的萬里長城；被譽(yù)為“世界第八大奇跡”的西安秦始皇陵兵馬俑坑；集奇松、怪石、云海和溫泉“四絕”于一身的黃山；使國際自然與自然資源保護(hù)聯(lián)盟主席感到“無比神奇、美妙、令人驚嘆的”九寨溝風(fēng)景名勝區(qū)等，它們都充滿了難以用語言表達(dá)的神韻。其實(shí)，在中國的錦繡大地上，這樣美麗的景觀，可以開列一份很長很長的名單。
    中國，曾經(jīng)越過漫長的歷史，今天，又在走上現(xiàn)代化之路。特別是近20年來的改革開放，使中國的經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化和社會都發(fā)生了深刻的變化，增添了新的氣象。這些，我們可以從正在崛起的現(xiàn)代化城市景象，從這里的城市和鄉(xiāng)村人民幸福而自豪的笑容中得到體會。
    相信我們的畫冊會以它精美的圖片，充分展示壯麗的中華景觀，為今天的西方人留下比馬可·波羅的文字更為形象和直觀的美好印象。

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悠久的歷史文化壯麗的自然風(fēng)光輝煌的皇宮廷苑精美的中國園林神秘的佛道建筑多彩的民族風(fēng)情傳統(tǒng)的民居景觀繁榮的現(xiàn)代城市

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插圖：   Chinese people was formed duringthose long, hard centuries by the chal-lenge of their environment and by the driving need to conqucr whatever in itcould be ordcred and conquered. To come to some understanding ofChinese civilization we have to consider the physical context in which the people lived fiom earliest times. Spectacular is aword that is inescapable when we look at the astonishing variety of landscapeand at the environs of China's two great rivers, the Yellow and the Yangtze, as they churn through segments of thecountry-rather like two great Nile rivers, cache as powerful and pregnant withhuman destiny as Egypt's Nile proveditself to be in the course of that country's history. Just as the need tocontrol the rivers and thus the watersupply for agriculture induced early Chi-nose inventions in hydraulics, so did thegreat swathe of yellow loess soil that deeply blankets mulch of the course andsurrounding regions of the Yellow River.It facilitated the start of human civilization in the country; its fertile nature andfriability effected other inventions. To prevent wind and rain from blowing thissoil away, and in order to plant and wa-ter the crops on it, hills of yellow earthwere laboriously terraced, and water di-rected into each slip of land fbllowingthe contours of the slopes.

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《壯麗中華(英文版)》：THERE IS GREAT REASON WHY CHINA IScalled the Middle Kingdom and its Chinesecharacter is a globe. For if the earth truly hasan origin——from the sweeping sands of the GobiDesert, to the 29,000 foot peak of Mt. Everest, to thelush, palm tree-lined shores of the Wanquan Riverand the sun-drenched tropical beaches of the HainanProvince——China would be it. Yet this book, andChina itself, is about much more than a beautifullandscape. China's nearly 1.2 billion people is thelargest population in the world, and with a writtenlanguage almost 4,000 years old and 56 recognizedethnic groups, its richness lies in the history anddiversity of the people and their interdependence withtheir surroundings: the people's development of fileland, and the land's inspiration of the people. Thisunique, oversize volume celebrates the many splen-dors of China, and features 180 magnificent-colorphotographs, including 36 pages of foldouts in whicheach image expands to nearly four feet wide.Since Marco Polo first returned from the Far East in1295 with exotic treasures and wondrous stories,China has been a land of great fascination to the West.Spectacular China captures all of the fantastic andintriguing natural wonders——the breath-takingHuangshan Mountains and mist-wrapped peaks ofGuilin; the Golden Summit ofMt. Emei; the 3,400mile Yangtze River that is known as China's "sourceof wealth" and is the longest river in Asia; snowcovered Tibetan peaks; the towering precipicesof Qutang Gorge along the Yangtze River; andHangzhou's quiet, lotus filled West Lake. The rangeof visual treasures is as expansive as the 3.7 millionsquare miles of China itself.  The people's impression on the land is just as signifi-cant-from the imperial and ancient, to the modernmetropolises, Spectacular China explores the majestyand mystery of China. Imperial treasures includethe formidable, palatial halls of the Forbidden City;the seven ancient capitals ofAnyang, Xi'an, Luoyang,Kaifeng, Nanjing, Beijing, and Hangzhou; andthe 6,000 life-size terra cotta warriors of the secondcentury B.c. Emperor Qin Shi Huang's army.Lke a timeline through the country, the works ofthe Chinese have truly become part of the landscape——from the 1,056 mile Grand Canal built in the fifthcentury B.c. to connect Beijing and Hangzhou; theGreat Wall of China, the world's largest engineeringand building project stretching nearly 1,500 mileswith sections dating back to the fourth century B.c.;the gilded Buddha in the Hall of Matreya standingnearly nine stories tall and the six foot Buddha inYufo Temple carved from one solid piece of jade; theTemple of Heaven in Beijing; the world famousSummer Palace built in 1750 and its imperial gardens;and the timeless terraced fields of Guangxi; to thecosmopolitan streets of Hong Kong; steel mills andinternational port of Shanghai; and the dazzlingfireworks over the Chinese capital of Beijing onChinese New Year.

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