一书主要讲述了索尼娅博士在新疆的所见所闻，从新疆地理位置、地域风貌、语言、民族、食物、城市风貌等方面详细描绘了地大物博的新疆，是一本小而美的旅游传记。该书原版法文版在法国出版，五洲将翻译成英法对照版在国内出版。

对比与巧合，新闻与旧识，凝视与思考，语言，艺术，社会，科学，美景，风俗习惯。在华旅居35年的作者一步一步地发现了一个又一个奇迹，与读者们一起分享他在中国的所见所闻。

北京历代帝王庙始建于明代嘉靖九年（1530），清代断续沿用，距今已有470多年的历史。现为全国重点文物保护单位。它是明、清两朝祭祀三皇五帝、历代帝王和功臣名将的一座皇家庙宇，入祀中国史前时期的祖先人物三后五帝以及夏、商、周、汉、唐、宋、元、明等历代杰出帝王188位，功臣名将80位。历代帝王庙的祭祀活动为国家祭祀，每年春秋两季举行。据文献记载，从明嘉靖十一年（1532）到清末（1911）的380年间，北京历代帝王庙共举行过662次祭祀大典达16次，其中，雍正帝5次、乾隆帝6次到历代帝王庙祭拜。

ManyguidebookshaveappearedinChinesededicatedtoHangzhou,thecityofHeavendescribedbyMarcoPolo.now,addedtothoseisHangzhou,thefirstEnglishguidebookofitskindinchina.Thiookhasfieoutstandingfeatures.作者简介：ChenGangwaornandeducatedinHangzhou,Todate,heistheonlyTourGuideExtraordinaireinEastChina'sZhjiangProvince,andtheonlyprofessorinJanuary1982fromtheEnglishLanguageandLiteratrreDepartmentofZhejiangUniversity,hebegantoserveasanEngling-speakingguideinterpreter,andlaterasmanaeroftheEuroAmericanDepartmentofchinaTravelservie,heisauthorofWestLakePoerics,chieftranslatorofATriptoMountainsandRiversinZhejingprovince,oneothefewoficialtranslatorsoftheMacmillanEncyclopedia,andthesesoncoupletshavebeenfeatrredinnationalandprovincialacademicpubliations.

这是一本全新的旅游手册，读者对象是来华的外国旅游者，作者则是在中国生活多年且熟悉中国旅游资源的几位外国人士。书中分为两个部分。部分概述中国的历史和文化背景；第二部分详细介绍了53个外国人去的地方，其内容包括景点特色、旅游提示、交通、住宿、饮食、购物等多项内容。全书信息详尽、准确、实用，是来华旅游者手中理想的导游指南。全书65万字，400余幅图片和旅游示意图，彩色印刷。

China Panorama is intended for the use by internationalstudents coming to China to study the required course "ChinaPanorama". As well as reading material for all of those studyingChinese as a second language， thiook is the top choice forlearning Chinese culture and motivating students' interest. Thisbook introduces topics such as Chinese geography， culture， history，international relations and the development of the nation. Readers will find they are inspired， challenged and provided withcultural facts throughout the learning process. In the practicesections， lots of thought provoking and practical exercises areset， encouraging intercommunication between book and readers，teacher and students. It achieves the perfect match of culturalawareness and students needs.

China Panorama is intended for the use by internationalstudents ing to China to study the required course "ChinaPanorama". As well as reading material for all of those studyingChinese as a second language， thiook is the top choice forlearning Chinese culture and motivating students' interest. Thisbook introduces topics such as Chinese geography， culture， history，international relations and the development of the nation. Readers will find they are inspired， challenged and provided withcultural facts throughout the learning process. In the practicesections， lots of thought provoking and practical exercises areset， encouraging intermunication between book and readers，teacher and students. It achieves the perfect match of culturalawareness and students needs.

在甘肃省的版图上，位于黄河以西、祁连山脉与蒙古高原南缘隆起的北山之间，有一条长约一千公里，宽约数十里至百里的狭长地带，这就是的“河西走廊”。从这里往西，经过中亚，可以和南亚、西亚乃至整个欧洲联系起来。历史上，它曾是中西贸易最主要的通道，这条通道，被称为“丝绸之路”，它对世界文明的发展作出过重大贡献。敦煌，就处在河西走廊最西端。 1900年，一个偶然的机会，有一个叫王圆篆的道士，在敦煌莫高窟的一个洞窟里发现了数万卷经卷及文书。这位道士根本没有想到，他的这一发现，使敦煌这个从13世纪以后逐渐衰落的文明都市，再度引起全世界的广泛瞩目。

北京历代帝王庙始建于明代嘉靖九年（1530），清代断续沿用，距今已有470多年的历史。现为全国重点文物保护单位。它是明、清两朝祭祀三皇五帝、历代帝王和功臣名将的一座皇家庙宇，入祀中国史前时期的祖先人物三后五帝以及夏、商、周、汉、唐、宋、元、明等历代杰出帝王188位，功臣名将80位。 历代帝王庙的祭祀活动为国家祭祀，每年春秋两季举行。据文献记载，从明嘉靖十一年（1532）到清末（1911）的380年间，北京历代帝王庙共举行过662次祭祀大典达16次，其中，雍正帝5次、乾隆帝6次到历代帝王庙祭拜。

Beijingyesterdaywarightwithallkindsofcolors,theyesterdaylifeofBeijingerwerealsomulticolored.Thephotoringuacktothefamiliaralleys,thedisappearinglife,thosewarmfaces,andthosehappydayswithsoulanddreams.

hangzhoucannotbedescribedinmerewordsorpictures；itmustbelivedandbreathed,exploredandunderstoodfirsthand.thisisthecitythatcaptivatedmarcopolomorethananyother,andhasgiveninspirationtogenerationaftergenerationofartistandpoet.itsacityverymuchmadebyitsgeography,andwestlakepraysanimportant,ifhidden,roleintheaveragehangzhouresidentsconsciousness.

Many guidebooks have appeared in Chinese dedicated to Hangzhou ,the city of Heaven described by Marco Polo.now,added to those is Hangzhou ,the first English guidebook of its kind in china .Thiook has fie outstanding features.作者简介： Chen Gang waorn and educated in Hangzhou ,To date,he is the only Tour Guide Extraordinaire in East China's Zhjiang Province,and the only professor in January 1982 from the English Language and Literatrre Department of Zhejiang University,he began to serve as an Engling-speaking guideinterpreter,and later as manaer of the EuroAmerican Department of china Travel servie,he is author of West Lake Poerics,chief translator of A Trip to Mountains and Rivers in Zhejing province ,one o the few oficial translators of the Macmillan Encyclopedia ,and theses on couplets have been featrred in national and provincial academic publiations.

这是一本全新的旅游手册，读者对象是来华的外国旅游者，作者则是在中国生活多年且熟悉中国旅游资源的几位外国人士。书中分为两个部分。部分概述中国的历史和文化背景；第二部分详细介绍了53个外国人去的地方，其内容包括景点特色、旅游提示、交通、住宿、饮食、购物等多项内容。全书信息详尽、准确、实用，是来华旅游者手中理想的导游指南。全书65万字，400余幅图片和旅游示意图，彩色印刷。