“苏州老行当”画稿表现的是20世纪各个时期苏州市面上所见的诸业行当。随着经济的发展，人们生活方式的改变，有些已经消失，只能从图中得见，而其中大部分仍是家居生活中不可或缺的。这些画作既不像“北京民间生活彩图”那样，只给人物和器具，也不同于吴友如只用墨线勾勒的画作，而是将经营各种行当的特定场景都一一表现出来，如卖白兰花的姑娘行走在幽深的小巷中，剃头摊、小吃店没在跨河的拱桥畔，油漆匠在富家花园内劳作，渔夫、菜贩摇着般儿穿行于水巷叫志，采菱女泛舟于绿荷田田的湖上……画家采用了表现江南烟雨蒙蒙景色的彩墨渲染技法，使得画中的小桥、流水、粉墙黛瓦、街巷、人物似乎都被浸得湿漉漉的，尽显水乡屡动、婉丽的情境，令人想起8世纪诗人白居易咏呤江南的词句：“江南好，风景旧曾谙。日出江花红胜火，春来江水绿
hangzhou cannot be described in mere words or pictures； it must belived and breathed, explored andunderstood first hand. this is the citythat captivated marco polo more thanany other, and has given inspirationto generation after generation ofartist and poet. its a city very muchmade by its geography, and west lakeprays an important, if hidden, rolein the average hangzhou residentsconsciousness.
故宫，一座昔日的皇城，面积达，2万多平方米，有殿宇宫室8000多间，是世界上现存皇宫中历史最悠久、建筑面积、保存最完整的一座，先后有24位皇帝在这里统治中国长达五个世纪。本书将这座规模宏大的中国皇家建筑群地层现出来，相信能让您 了解故宫，爱上故宮。
为了使读者对中国园林有进一步的了解，本书从中国园林的类型、造园艺术和园林建筑等方面，结合精美的实景照片与手绘图片，对中国园林进行系统而深入的介绍，希望读者通过本书感受中国园林美之所在的同时，还能够领悟到中国传统文化的博大精深。
Peking Opera, known as Jing Ju (Capital Opera), has a history of more than 200 years. Because of its patronage by the ruling Qing,or Manchu, dynasty, Peking Opera grew from a local folk art .to the standard bearer of theatrical art. It attained the prominent status of Guo Ju or National Opera of China. After the Qing Dynasty was overthrown in 1911, Peking Opera continued to gain popularity not only with the upper classes but also with students and intellectuals. By the 1920s, it had developed into a splendid art form and a popular means-of entertainment as well. In the capital alone, numerous theaters were established solely for op- era performances,and there were at least, three academies for training young performers and several pr0fess!onal opera troupes that performed every week.
