| Bamboo in China: Arts, Crafts and a Cultural History Contributor(s): Pan, Jialai (Photographer), Shen, Min (Author), He, Hongbing (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 1602201323 ISBN-13: 9781602201323 Publisher: Shanghai Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - Chinese - Nature | Plants - General - History | Asia - China |
| Series: Discovering China |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An exploration of Chinese art and culture, Bamboo in China shines a light on this relatively unknown craft. The noted British scholar Joseph Needham concluded from his thorough study of the history of Chinese science and technology that the East Asian civilization is none other than a bamboo civilization and China is just the cradle of that bamboo civilization. Since bamboo has been used for thousands of years in China and in many aspects of daily life, it became an influential part of the Chinese culture. With the tributes to bamboo and the extolling of its strengths, it was further blended into China's Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist thinking to give birth to a cultural phenomenon uniquely Chinese that has since spread far and wide. This beautifully illustrated book presents a vivid history of bamboo in China:
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